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1sh denom (#10911) (Great Britain usage only)

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Desc: 1sh

Currency: Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 720


Equivalent denoms: 1s (1)
Unused: 12p

Users of this denom: Antigua (9 stamps, 1886-1949), New South Wales (12 stamps, 1854-1907), Queensland (14 stamps, 1860-1907), South Australia (19 stamps, 1856-1906), Tasmania (9 stamps, 1858-1906), Victoria (19 stamps, 1854-1908), Western Australia (7 stamps, 1857-1912), Barbuda (1 stamp, 1922), British Antarctic Territory (3 stamps, 1963-1969), British Honduras (4 stamps, 1866-1887), Cayman Islands (24 stamps, 1901-1969), Ceylon (5 stamps, 1857-1867), Cyprus (1 stamp, 1880), Dominica (9 stamps, 1874-1938), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (10 stamps, 1911-1965), Great Britain (46 stamps, 1847-1970), British forces in Africa (2 stamps, 1942-1943), British forces in Somalia (1 stamp, 1943), British offices in Morocco, British currency (7 stamps, 1907-1952), British offices in Tangier (5 stamps, 1948-1957), British offices in the Turkish Empire (2 stamps, 1905-1921), Guernsey (2 stamps, 1969), Jersey (1 stamp, 1969), Grenada (14 stamps, 1875-1938), Lagos (6 stamps, 1875-1905), Leeward Islands (11 stamps, 1890-1949), British consulate in Madagascar (4 stamps, 1884-1886), Mauritius (8 stamps, 1859-1876), Montserrat (10 stamps, 1903-1949), Natal (18 stamps, 1857-1908), Nauru (5 stamps, 1916-1954), Nevis (7 stamps, 1861-1890), New Britain (3 stamps, 1914), New Hebrides (Br) (5 stamps, 1908-1925), Niger Coast Protectorate (7 stamps, 1892-1897), Northern Nigeria (5 stamps, 1900-1912), St. Christopher (1 stamp, 1887), St. KittsNevis (9 stamps, 1903-1950), St. Lucia (14 stamps, 1864-1938), St. Vincent (21 stamps, 1866-1938), Sierra Leone (21 stamps, 1872-1964), Southern Nigeria (5 stamps, 1901-1912), South Georgia (1 stamp, 1963), Tobago (4 stamps, 1879-1896), Trinidad (17 stamps, 1859-1905), Trinidad & Tobago (6 stamps, 1913-1925), Tristan da Cunha (7 stamps, 1952-1969), Turks Islands (4 stamps, 1867-1887), Turks & Caicos Islands (14 stamps, 1900-1967), Virgin Islands (12 stamps, 1867-1949), Zululand (2 stamps, 1892-1894) Show with all usages

Used by 46 stamps of Great Britain: (See all uses as list)

9/11/1847 1sh grn d=Queen Victoria (1847 1sh) imperf
10/21/1856 1sh grn d=Queen Victoria (1856 1sh) wmk=heraldic emblems perf=14
12/1/1862 1sh green issue=1862 dt=Queen Victoria (small white letters) d=Queen Victoria (1sh small white letters) wmk=heraldic emblems perf=14
1865 1sh grn issue=1865 dt=Queen Victoria (large white letters) d=Queen Victoria (1sh large white letters) wmk=heraldic emblems perf=14
7/13/1867 1sh grn issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (1sh large white letters) wmk=spray of rose perf=14
9/1/1873 1sh palegrn issue=1873 dt=Queen Victoria (colored letters) d=Queen Victoria (1sh colored letters) wmk=spray of rose perf=14 pl=8
9/1/1873 1sh palegrn issue=1873 dt=Queen Victoria (colored letters) d=Queen Victoria (1sh colored letters) wmk=spray of rose pl=9
9/1/1873 1sh palegrn issue=1873 dt=Queen Victoria (colored letters) d=Queen Victoria (1sh colored letters) wmk=spray of rose pl=10
9/1/1873 1sh palegrn issue=1873 dt=Queen Victoria (colored letters) d=Queen Victoria (1sh colored letters) wmk=spray of rose pl=11
9/1/1873 1sh palegrn issue=1873 dt=Queen Victoria (colored letters) d=Queen Victoria (1sh colored letters) wmk=spray of rose pl=12
9/1/1873 1sh palegrn issue=1873 dt=Queen Victoria (colored letters) d=Queen Victoria (1sh colored letters) wmk=spray of rose pl=13
9/1/1873 1sh palegrn issue=1873 dt=Queen Victoria (colored letters) d=Queen Victoria (1sh colored letters) wmk=spray of rose pl=14
10/14/1880 1sh salmon issue=1873 dt=Queen Victoria (colored letters) d=Queen Victoria (1sh colored letters) wmk=spray of rose pl=13
5/29/1881 1sh salmon issue=1880 d=Queen Victoria (1sh colored letters) wmk=imperial crown perf=14
4/1/1884 1sh grn issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1884 hexagon) wmk=imperial crown perf=14
1887 1sh grn issue=Jubilee d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 1sh) wmk=imperial crown perf=14
7/11/1900 1sh carrose&grn d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 1sh) wmk=imperial crown perf=14
3/24/1902 1sh car&palegrn issue=1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 1sh) wmk=imperial crown perf=14
8/1912 1sh bis issue=1912e d=King George V (1912 e) wmk=crown & GvR perf=15x14
postage due 1914 1sh issue=1914 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) perf=14x15
postage due 1924 1sh issue=1924 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) perf=14x15
6/1924 1sh bis issue=1924 d=King George V (1912 e) wmk=crown & block GvR perf=15x14
1934 1sh brn issue=1934 d=King George V (1934 e) wmk=crown & block GvR perf=15x14
postage due 1936 1sh dpbl issue=1936 due d=numeral (1936 Great Britain) perf=14x15
postage due 1938 1sh dpbl issue=1938 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) wmk=crown & GVIR perf=14x15
1939 1sh brn issue=1937 d=King George VI (1939 a) wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
7/29/1948 1sh brn issue=Olympics 1948 d=Victory & globe wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
10/10/1949 1sh brn issue=UPU 75th d=globe in posthorn wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
1953 1sh brn issue=Wilding d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding f) wmk=Tudor crown & E2R
1955 1sh brn issue=1955 d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding f) wmk=St Edwards crown & E2R
postage due 11/22/1955 1sh ltbrn issue=1955 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) wmk=St Edwards crown & E2R perf=14x15
1958 1sh brn issue=1958 d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding f) wmk=St Edwards crown mult perf=15x14
postage due 4/11/1960 1sh ltbrn issue=1959 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) wmk=St Edwards crown mult perf=14x15
9/1/1965 1sh issue=antiseptic surgery 100th d=Lister & Chemical Symbols wmk=St Edwards crown mult
6/5/1967 1sh ltvio issue=1967a Machin d=Queen Elizabeth II (Machin)
9/19/1967 1sh dt=British discoveries d=Penicillium notatum wmk=St Edwards crown mult
postage due 5/6/1968 1sh och issue=1968 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) wmk=St Edwards crown mult perf=14x15
5/29/1968 1sh issue=RAF 50th d=biplane & jets
8/12/1968 1sh dt=paintings (1968 Great Britain) d=Pinkie
1/15/1969 1sh dt=British ships d=SS Great Britain
1/15/1969 1sh dt=British ships d=RMS Mauretania
4/2/1969 1sh dt=anniversaries (1969)
7/1/1969 1sh issue=Prince Charles investiture d=Prince Charles (1969) perf=14.25x14.75
10/1/1969 1sh dt=post office technology d=diagram of pulse code modulation perf=14x14.25
2/11/1970 1sh dt=British rural architecture d=Welsh Stucco perf=14.75x14.25
4/1/1970 1sh issue=International Cooperative Alliance 75th dt=anniversaries (1970) d=Signing of International Co-operative Alliance perf=14.75x14.25