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Australian pound


Name: Australian pound
Defn: 240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb
Symbol: £
Code:
Desc:
Units of money:
penny (pl: pence) d, p 1
shilling sh, s 12
pound lb 240

Users of this currency: Australia (480 stamps, 1902-1965), Australian Antarctic Territory (7 stamps, 1957-1961), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (7 stamps, 1963-1965), New Guinea (138 stamps, 1925-1939), Norfolk Island (61 stamps, 1947-1965), North West Pacific Islands (49 stamps, 1915-1922)

Denominations used in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
1/2d 28   Australia 1902 emer issue=1902 due a d=numeral (1902 a) ... Australia 2/25/1958 grn&red issue=1958 due d=numeral (1953 due)
1d 32   Australia 1902 emer issue=1902 due a d=numeral (1902 a) ... Australia 2/2/1959 dkvio issue=1959 d=Queen Elizabeth II (1959 1d)
= 1p 19   North West Pacific Islands 1915 red issue=1915b d=King George V (1914 Australia) ovpt=N.W.//PACIFIC//ISLANDS (a) oc=blk on=issuer=Australia-issue=1914-1p ... Norfolk Island 5/23/1960 blgrn issue=1960 d=hibiscus (1960 Norfolk Island)
1 1/2d 28   Australia 1918 choc issue=1914 d=King George V (1914 Australia) ... Australia 6/19/1950 dpgrn issue=1950 d=Queen Elizabeth profile 1950
2d 42   Australia 1902 emer issue=1902 due a d=numeral (1902 a) ... Australia 2/2/1959 redbrn issue=1959 d=Queen Elizabeth II (1959 2d)
= 2p 21   North West Pacific Islands 1915 gray issue=1915a d=kangaroo & map of Australia ovpt=N.W.//PACIFIC//ISLANDS (a) oc=blk on=issuer=Australia-1913-2p-gray-kangaroo & map of Australia ... Norfolk Island 5/23/1960 dkgraygrn&rose issue=1960 d=Lagunaria patersonii (1960)
2 1/2p 25   Australia 1/1913 dkbl issue=1913 d=kangaroo & map of Australia ... Australia 6/23/1954 bl issue=1953 d=Queen Elizabeth II profile
3d 45   Australia 1902 emer issue=1902 due a d=numeral (1902 a) ... Australia 5/20/1959 blgrn issue=1959 d=Queen Elizabeth II (1959 3d)
= 3p 21   North West Pacific Islands 1915 olbis issue=1915a d=kangaroo & map of Australia ovpt=N.W.//PACIFIC//ISLANDS (a) oc=blk on=issuer=Australia-1913-3p-olbis-kangaroo & map of Australia ... Cocos (Keeling) Islands 6/11/1963 redbrn issue=1963 d=copra industry
3 1/2d 38   New Guinea 1934 mag issue=1932 official d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates) on=issue=1932-3 1/2d ... Australia 3/18/1959 dkgrn issue=1959 d=Queen Elizabeth II (1959 3 1/2d)
4d 44   Australia 1902 emer issue=1902 due a d=numeral (1902 a) ... Australia 6/5/1959 dkgrn&vio issue=Queensland govt 100th
4 1/2d 3   Australia 1924 vio issue=1914 d=King George V (1914 Australia) ... Australia 2/20/1952 red issue=1951 dt=George VI profiles d=King George VI (1951 Australia)
5d 67   Australia 1902 emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) ... Norfolk Island 10/25/1965 issue=Christmas 1965 d=nativity scene
5 1/2d 9   Australia 12/10/1941 redvio d=Merino sheep 1938 oc=blk on=1938-5d-redvio ... Australia 2/10/1958 brncar issue=Canberra memorial d=war memorial (1958)
6d 45   Australia 1902 emer issue=1902 due a d=numeral (1902 a) ... Australia 8/19/1964 issue=1963 d=yellow-tailed thornbill
6 1/2p 5   Australia 2/20/1952 choc issue=1951 dt=George VI profiles d=King George VI (1951 Australia) ... Australia 9/1956 org issue=1956a d=Queen Elizabeth II (1956 Australia a)
7d 3   Australia 9/25/1946 grn&rose issue=1946 due d=numeral (1946 due) ... Norfolk Island 7/1/1958 dkbl d=First Governors Residence oc=blk on=7 1/2d
7 1/2d 6   Australia 10/31/1951 dpbl issue=1951 dt=George VI profiles d=King George VI (1951 Australia 7 1/2d) ... Australia 1957 vio issue=1956a d=Queen Elizabeth II (1956 Australia b)
8d 13   Australia 1902 emer issue=1902 due a d=numeral (1902 a) ... Australia 4/14/1965 issue=ANZAC 50th d=Simpson & his Donkey
8 1/2d 2   Australia 8/14/1950 brn d=aborigine (1950), Norfolk Island 6/10/1953 chocbrn issue=1953 d=Barracks Entrance
9d 27   Australia 1/1913 pur issue=1913 d=kangaroo & map of Australia ... Australia 3/11/1964 issue=1963 d=magpie
10d 6   Australia 1902 emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) ... Norfolk Island 1964 issue=1962 dt=landscapes & fish d=Slaughter Bay
11d 2   Australia 2/2/1959 dkbl issue=1959 d=rabbit bandicoot, Norfolk Island 1963 issue=1962 dt=landscapes & fish d=Lethrinus chrysostomus
1sh 42   Australia 1902 emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) ... Cocos (Keeling) Islands 6/11/1963 grn issue=1963 d=coco palms
1sh1/2d 2   Australia 3/19/1952 slbl d=King George VI (1952), Australia 3/9/1955 d=Queen Elizabeth II (1955 Australia)
1sh1d 2   Norfolk Island 9/26/1960 redbrn issue=1960 provisional d=warder's tower oc=blk on=3 1/2d, Norfolk Island 1961 brncar issue=1960 d=Fringed Hibiscus
1sh2d 1   Australia 3/21/1962 dkpur issue=1959 d=Tasmanian tiger (1959)
1sh3d 2   Australia 2/16/1948 viobrn d=Hereford bull, Norfolk Island 1963 issue=1962 dt=landscapes & fish d=Kyphosus sp.
1sh4d 4   Australia 1920 ltbl issue=1914 d=King George V (1914 Australia) ... Australia 5/10/1937 issue=1937 d=King George VI (1937 Australia d)
1sh6d 8   Australia 12/1/1934 viobrn d=Mercury & hemispheres ... Australia 3/11/1964 issue=1963 d=galah (1964)
1sh7d 1   Australia 6/2/1956 issue=1956a d=Queen Elizabeth II (1955 Australia)
2sh 45   Australia 1902 emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) ... Australia 4/21/1965 issue=1963 d=golden whistler
2sh3d 11   Australia 9/9/1959 grn pc=yel issue=1959 d=wattle ... Australia 9/1/1965 issue=ICY d=ICY emblem (1965 Australia)
2sh5d 4   Australia 2/2/1959 brn pc=yel issue=1959 d=banksia ... Australia 3/11/1964 issue=1963 d=blue wren
2sh6d 3   Australia 3/19/1952 dkbrn d=aborigine (1952) ... Australia 4/21/1965 issue=1963 d=scarlet robin
2sh8d 3   Norfolk Island 9/26/1960 dkbl issue=1960 provisional d=First Governors Residence oc=blk on=7 1/2d ... Norfolk Island 1962 grn&org issue=1960 d=rose apple (1962)
3sh 2   Australia 7/15/1959 crim issue=1959 d=waratah (1959), Australia 4/21/1965 issue=1963 d=straw-necked ibis
4sh 1   Australia 10/9/1963 viobl issue=1963 d=Abel Tasman & ship
5sh 30   Australia 1902 emer issue=1902 due a d=numeral (1902 a) ... Australia 11/25/1964 issue=1963 d=William Dampier & ship
7sh6d 1   Australia 8/26/1964 issue=1963 d=James Cook (1964)
10sh 20   Australia 1902 emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) ... Australia 2/26/1964 issue=1963 d=ship & Matthew Flinders
1£ 1   North West Pacific Islands 1918 ultra&brn issue=1918a
= 1lb 17   Australia 1909 grn&car issue=1909 due d=numeral (1890 due) ... Australia 2/26/1964 issue=1963 d=George Bass & whaleboat
= 20sh 2   Australia 1902 emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b), Australia 1908 emer issue=1908 due d=numeral (1902 b)
2lb 8   Australia 4/8/1913 dprose&blk issue=1913 d=kangaroo & map of Australia ... Australia 8/26/1964 issue=1963 d=Philip Parker King & ship
5lb 1   New Guinea 5/1/1935 grn d=plane over Bulolo goldfields

Used by 742 stamps: (See all uses as list)
Australia postage due 1902 3d emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 4d emer issue=1902 due a d=numeral (1902 a) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 1d emer issue=1902 due a d=numeral (1902 a) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 8d emer issue=1902 due a d=numeral (1902 a) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 6d emer issue=1902 due a d=numeral (1902 a) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 2d emer issue=1902 due a d=numeral (1902 a) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 3d emer issue=1902 due a d=numeral (1902 a) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 5sh emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 1/2d emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 5sh emer issue=1902 due a d=numeral (1902 a) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 1/2d emer issue=1902 due a d=numeral (1902 a) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 1d emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 2d emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 10d emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=large crown & NSW perf=12x11.5
Australia postage due 1902 4d emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 5d emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 8d emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 20sh emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 1sh emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 6d emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 2sh emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 10sh emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1906 1/2d emer issue=1906 due d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=crown & single-lined A
Australia postage due 1906 2d emer issue=1906 due d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=crown & single-lined A
Australia postage due 1906 1d emer issue=1906 due d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=crown & single-lined A
... skipping 692 ...
Norfolk Island 7/1/1964 5d issue=Norfolk Island as Australian territory 50th d=Symbolic Pine Tree
Norfolk Island 7/1/1964 8d issue=Norfolk Island as Australian territory 50th d=Symbolic Pine Tree
Australia 8/19/1964 6d issue=1963 d=yellow-tailed thornbill perf=13.5
Australia 8/26/1964 7sh6d issue=1963 d=James Cook (1964) perf=14.25x14
Australia 8/26/1964 2lb issue=1963 d=Philip Parker King & ship perf=14.5x15
Australia 10/21/1964 5d issue=Christmas 1964 d=Child looking at nativity scene perf=13.5
Australia 10/28/1964 2sh3d yelgrn issue=1959 d=wattle perf=14.5
Norfolk Island 11/9/1964 5d issue=Christmas 1964 d=girl looking at nativity scene perf=13.5
Australia 11/25/1964 5sh issue=1963 d=William Dampier & ship perf=14.5x15
Australia 4/14/1965 5d issue=ANZAC 50th d=Simpson & his Donkey perf=14x14.5
Australia 4/14/1965 8d issue=ANZAC 50th d=Simpson & his Donkey perf=14x14.5
Australia 4/14/1965 2sh3d issue=ANZAC 50th d=Simpson & his Donkey perf=14x14.5
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 4/14/1965 5d issue=ANZAC 50th d=Simpson & his Donkey
Norfolk Island 4/14/1965 5d issue=ANZAC 50th d=Simpson & his Donkey
Australia 4/21/1965 2sh issue=1963 d=golden whistler perf=13.5
Australia 4/21/1965 2sh6d issue=1963 d=scarlet robin perf=13.5
Australia 4/21/1965 3sh issue=1963 d=straw-necked ibis perf=13.5
Australia 5/10/1965 5d d=globe & satellite & radio mast perf=13.5
Australia 5/24/1965 5d d=Churchill (1965 Australia) perf=13.5
Australia 6/23/1965 5d d=Monash perf=13.5
Australia 6/30/1965 5d red issue=1963 d=Queen Elizabeth II (1963 Australia) perf=15x14
Australia 8/4/1965 5d d=Lawrence Hargrave perf=13.5
Australia 9/1/1965 2sh3d issue=ICY d=ICY emblem (1965 Australia) perf=13.5
Australia 10/20/1965 5d d=nativity perf=13.5
Norfolk Island 10/25/1965 5d issue=Christmas 1965 d=nativity scene perf=13.5

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