Prev: Australian dollar (100c=1$)
Next: Austrian schilling (100g=1s)

Australian pound (New Guinea usage only)


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) Show with all usages

Denominations used by New Guinea in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
1/2d 3   1925 org issue=1925 d=native village ... 3/1/1939 org issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
1p 11   1925 yelgrn issue=1925 d=native village ... 3/1/1939 grn issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
1 1/2d 10   1925 ver issue=1925 d=native village ... 3/1/1939 issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
2p 12   1925 cl issue=1925 d=native village ... 3/1/1939 issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
2 1/2p 3   1934 grn issue=1932 official d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates) on=issue=1932-2 1/2p ... 9/14/1934 grn issue=1932 d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates)
3p 11   1925 bl issue=1925 d=native village ... 3/1/1939 issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
3 1/2d 3   1934 mag issue=1932 official d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates) on=issue=1932-3 1/2d ... 9/14/1934 mag issue=1932 d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates)
4d 10   1925 issue=1925 d=native village ... 3/1/1939 issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
5d 8   8/2/1931 issue=1931 official d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (1921 1931) on=issue=1931-5d ... 3/1/1939 issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
6d 11   1925 issue=1925 d=native village ... 3/1/1939 issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
9d 10   1925 issue=1925 d=native village ... 3/1/1939 issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
1sh 11   1925 issue=1925 d=native village ... 3/1/1939 issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
2sh 10   1925 issue=1925 d=native village ... 3/1/1939 issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
5sh 9   1925 issue=1925 d=native village ... 3/1/1939 issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
10sh 7   1925 issue=1925 d=native village ... 3/1/1939 issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
1lb 7   1925 issue=1925 d=native village ... 3/1/1939 issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
2lb 1   5/1/1935 vio d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
5lb 1   5/1/1935 grn d=plane over Bulolo goldfields

Used by 138 stamps of New Guinea: (See all uses as list)
1925 1p yelgrn issue=1925 d=native village
1925 1 1/2d ver issue=1925 d=native village
1925 2p cl issue=1925 d=native village
1925 3p bl issue=1925 d=native village
1925 4d issue=1925 d=native village
1925 6d issue=1925 d=native village
1925 9d issue=1925 d=native village
1925 1sh issue=1925 d=native village
1925 2sh issue=1925 d=native village
1925 5sh issue=1925 d=native village
1925 10sh issue=1925 d=native village
1925 1lb issue=1925 d=native village
1925 1/2d org issue=1925 d=native village
official 4/6/1925 3p bl issue=1925 official d=native village on=issue=1925-3p
official 4/6/1925 1p yelgrn issue=1925 official d=native village on=issue=1925-1p
official 4/6/1925 1 1/2d ver issue=1925 official d=native village on=issue=1925-1 1/2d
official 4/6/1925 2p cl issue=1925 official d=native village on=issue=1925-2p
official 4/6/1925 4d issue=1925 official d=native village on=issue=1925-4d
official 4/6/1925 6d issue=1925 official d=native village on=issue=1925-6d
official 4/6/1925 6d issue=1925 official d=native village on=issue=1925-6d
official 4/6/1925 9d issue=1925 official d=native village on=issue=1925-9d
official 4/6/1925 1sh issue=1925 official d=native village on=issue=1925-1sh
official 4/6/1925 2sh issue=1925 official d=native village on=issue=1925-2sh
airmail 6/8/1931 3p bl d=native village ovpt=AIR MAIL//biplane oc=blk on=3p-native village
airmail 6/8/1931 2p cl d=native village ovpt=AIR MAIL//biplane oc=blk on=2p-native village
... skipping 88 ...
9/14/1934 3 1/2d mag issue=1932 d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates)
airmail 9/14/1934 2 1/2p grn issue=1932 air d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates) ovpt=biplane//AIR//MAIL oc=blk on=2 1/2p-Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates)
airmail 9/14/1934 3 1/2d mag issue=1932 air d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates) ovpt=biplane//AIR//MAIL oc=blk on=3 1/2d-Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates)
airmail 5/1/1935 2lb vio d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
airmail 5/1/1935 5lb grn d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
6/27/1935 1p ltgrn d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates) ovpt=HIS MAJESTY'S//JUBILEE.//1910 - 1935 oc=blk on=1932-1p-ltgrn
6/27/1935 2p orgver d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates) ovpt=HIS MAJESTY'S//JUBILEE.//1910 - 1935 oc=blk on=1932-2p-orgver
5/18/1937 2p ver d=King George VI (1937 New Guinea)
5/18/1937 3p bl d=King George VI (1937 New Guinea)
5/18/1937 5d grn d=King George VI (1937 New Guinea)
5/18/1937 1sh brnvio d=King George VI (1937 New Guinea)
airmail 3/1/1939 1/2d org issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
airmail 3/1/1939 1p grn issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
airmail 3/1/1939 1 1/2d issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
airmail 3/1/1939 2p issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
airmail 3/1/1939 3p issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
airmail 3/1/1939 4d issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
airmail 3/1/1939 5d issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
airmail 3/1/1939 6d issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
airmail 3/1/1939 9d issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
airmail 3/1/1939 1sh issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
airmail 3/1/1939 2sh issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
airmail 3/1/1939 5sh issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
airmail 3/1/1939 10sh issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
airmail 3/1/1939 1lb issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields

Wikipedia