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Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (Trinidad & Tobago usage only)


Name: Pound sterling (pre-decimal)
Defn: 240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb
Symbol: £
Code:
Desc: The British pound
First year: 1840
Units of money:
penny (pl: pence) d, p 1
shilling sh, s 12
pound lb 240

Users of this currency: Antigua (103 stamps, 1862-1949), New South Wales (197 stamps, 3000-1907), Queensland (157 stamps, 1860-1909), South Australia (209 stamps, 1855-1912), Tasmania (114 stamps, 3000-1912), Victoria (238 stamps, 1850-1912), Western Australia (97 stamps, 1854-1912), Barbuda (11 stamps, 1922), British Antarctic Territory (24 stamps, 1963-1969), British Honduras (17 stamps, 1866-1887), British Columbia & Vancouver Island (2 stamps, 1860), British Columbia (2 stamps, 1865), Cayman Islands (230 stamps, 1900-1969), Ceylon (64 stamps, 1857-1868), Cyprus (9 stamps, 1880-1881), Dominica (115 stamps, 1874-1948), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (111 stamps, 1911-1966), Great Britain (877 stamps, 1840-1971), Northern Ireland (12 stamps, 1958-1969), Scotland (13 stamps, 1958-1970), Wales (12 stamps, 1958-1969), British forces in Africa (20 stamps, 1942-1947), British forces in Somalia (9 stamps, 1943-1946), British offices in Morocco, British currency (80 stamps, 1907-1956), British offices in Tangier (111 stamps, 1927-1957), British offices in the Turkish Empire (23 stamps, 1905-1921), Guernsey (47 stamps, 1958-1970), German occupation of Guernsey (5 stamps, 1941-1942), Jersey (39 stamps, 1958-1970), German occupation of Jersey (8 stamps, 1941-1943), Isle of Man (7 stamps, 1958-1969), Grenada (156 stamps, 1861-1948), Ionian Islands (3 stamps, 1859), Lagos (60 stamps, 1874-1905), Leeward Islands (115 stamps, 1890-1949), British consulate in Madagascar (59 stamps, 1884-1886), Mauritius (45 stamps, 1847-1876), Montserrat (125 stamps, 1876-1949), Natal (128 stamps, 1857-1908), Nauru (58 stamps, 1916-1965), Nevis (33 stamps, 1861-1890), New Britain (53 stamps, 1914-1915), New Hebrides (Br) (51 stamps, 1908-1925), Niger Coast Protectorate (62 stamps, 1892-1898), Northern Nigeria (51 stamps, 1900-1912), St. Christopher (23 stamps, 1870-1890), St. KittsNevis (98 stamps, 1903-1950), St. Lucia (137 stamps, 1860-1948), St. Vincent (160 stamps, 1861-1948), Sierra Leone (305 stamps, 1859-1964), Southern Nigeria (57 stamps, 1901-1912), South Georgia (16 stamps, 1963-1969), Tobago (31 stamps, 1879-1896), Trinidad (116 stamps, 1851-1910), Trinidad & Tobago (54 stamps, 1913-1928), Tristan da Cunha (131 stamps, 1952-1970), Turks Islands (46 stamps, 1867-1895), Turks & Caicos Islands (180 stamps, 1900-1968), Virgin Islands (94 stamps, 1866-1949), Zululand (26 stamps, 1888-1896) Show with all usages

Denominations used by Trinidad & Tobago in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
1/2d 9   1913 grn issue=1913 official d=Large thin "OFFICIAL" ... 1922 grn issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V
1p 6   1913 scar issue=1913 d=Britannia (1913) ... 1923 blk issue=1923 due d=numeral (1885 due)
1 1/2p 1   1922 red issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V
2p 4   1922 gray issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V ... 1923 blk d=numeral (1885 due)
2 1/2d 2   1913 ultra issue=1913 d=Britannia (1913), 1921 ultra issue=1921 d=Britannia (1913)
3d 4   1922 ultra issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V ... 1923 blk d=numeral (1885 due)
4d 6   1913 scar&blk pc=yel issue=1913 d=Britannia (1913) ... 1928 red&blk pc=yel issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V
5d 2   1923 blk d=numeral (1885 due)
6p 6   1913 redvio&dlvio issue=1913 d=Britannia (1913) ... 1924 red&grn pc=grn issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V
8d 2   1923 blk d=numeral (1885 due)
1sh 6   1913 blk pc=grn issue=1913 d=Britannia (1913) ... 1925 blk pc=grn issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V
5sh 3   1914 issue=1913 d=Britannia (1914) ... 1922 issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V
1lb 3   1914 grn&car issue=1913 d=Britannia (1914) ... 1922 issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V

Used by 54 stamps of Trinidad & Tobago: (See all uses as list)
official 1913 1/2d grn issue=1913 official d=Large thin "OFFICIAL" wmk=mult crown & CA
official 1913 1/2d grn issue=1913 official d=Small "OFFICIAL" wmk=mult crown & CA
official 1913 1/2d grn issue=1913 official d=Large fat "OFFICIAL" wmk=mult crown & CA
official 1913 1/2d grn issue=1913 official d=Overprinted "OFFICIAL." with period wmk=mult crown & CA
1913 1/2d grn issue=1913 d=Britannia (1913) wmk=mult crown & CA
1913 6p redvio&dlvio issue=1913 d=Britannia (1913) wmk=mult crown & CA
1913 1sh blk pc=grn issue=1913 d=Britannia (1913) wmk=mult crown & CA
1913 4d scar&blk pc=yel issue=1913 d=Britannia (1913) wmk=mult crown & CA
1913 2 1/2d ultra issue=1913 d=Britannia (1913) wmk=mult crown & CA
1913 1p scar issue=1913 d=Britannia (1913) wmk=mult crown & CA
1914 1sh issue=1913 d=Britannia (1913) wmk=mult crown & CA
1914 4d issue=1913 d=Britannia (1913) wmk=mult crown & CA
1914 5sh issue=1913 d=Britannia (1914) wmk=mult crown & CA
1914 1lb grn&car issue=1913 d=Britannia (1914) wmk=mult crown & CA
semipostal 9/18/1914 1/2d red d=Red Cross wmk=mult crown & script CA
official 8/22/1917 1/2d grn issue=1917 official wmk=mult crown & CA
1921 6p redvio&dlvio issue=1921 d=Britannia (1913) wmk=mult crown & script CA
1921 1p scar issue=1921 d=Britannia (1913) wmk=mult crown & script CA
1921 2 1/2d ultra issue=1921 d=Britannia (1913) wmk=mult crown & script CA
1921 5sh issue=1921 d=Britannia (1914) wmk=mult crown & script CA
1921 1lb car&olgrn issue=1921 d=Britannia (1914) wmk=mult crown & script CA
1921 1/2d grn issue=1921 d=Britannia (1913) wmk=mult crown & script CA
1922 4d red&blk pc=yel issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V wmk=mult crown & CA
1922 1sh blk pc=grn issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V wmk=mult crown & CA
1922 5sh issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA
... skipping 4 ...
1922 1 1/2p red issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA
1922 2p gray issue=1921 d=Britannia (1913) wmk=mult crown & script CA
1922 3d ultra issue=1921 d=Britannia (1913) wmk=mult crown & script CA
1922 6p redvio&dlvio issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA
1922 1/2d grn issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA
1922 1p brn issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 1923 3d blk issue=1923 due d=numeral (1885 due) wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 1923 1sh blk issue=1923 due d=numeral (1885 due) wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 1923 1p blk issue=1923 due d=numeral (1885 due) wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 1923 2p blk issue=1923 due d=numeral (1885 due) wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 1923 4d blk issue=1923 due d=numeral (1885 due) wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 1923 5d blk issue=1923 due d=numeral (1885 due) wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 1923 6p blk issue=1923 due d=numeral (1885 due) wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 1923 8d blk issue=1923 due d=numeral (1885 due) wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 1923 1sh blk d=numeral (1885 due) wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 1923 8d blk d=numeral (1885 due) wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 1923 6p blk d=numeral (1885 due) wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 1923 5d blk d=numeral (1885 due) wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 1923 4d blk d=numeral (1885 due) wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 1923 3d blk d=numeral (1885 due) wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 1923 2p blk d=numeral (1885 due) wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 1923 1p blk d=numeral (1885 due) wmk=mult crown & script CA
1924 6p red&grn pc=grn issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA
1925 1sh blk pc=grn issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA
1928 4d red&blk pc=yel issue=1922 d=Britannia & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA

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