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6p denom (#13319) (Ceylon usage only)

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Desc: 6p

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

Numerical sorting value: 360


Equivalent denoms: 6d (31)

Users of this denom: Antigua (13 stamps, 1862-1949), New South Wales (23 stamps, 0-1907), Queensland (20 stamps, 1860-1907), South Australia (24 stamps, 1855-1907), Tasmania (15 stamps, 1858-1911), Victoria (18 stamps, 1854-1905), Western Australia (14 stamps, 1857-1912), Barbuda (1 stamp, 1922), British Antarctic Territory (2 stamps, 1963-1969), British Honduras (4 stamps, 1866-1885), Cayman Islands (18 stamps, 1901-1969), Ceylon (8 stamps, 1857-1867), Cyprus (1 stamp, 1880), Dominica (9 stamps, 1874-1938), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (6 stamps, 1911-1965), Great Britain (48 stamps, 1854-1968), Northern Ireland (1 stamp, 1958), Scotland (1 stamp, 1958), Wales (1 stamp, 1958), British forces in Africa (1 stamp, 1943), British forces in Somalia (1 stamp, 1943), British offices in Morocco, British currency (6 stamps, 1907-1952), British offices in Tangier (6 stamps, 1948-1957), British offices in the Turkish Empire (2 stamps, 1905-1921), Guernsey (2 stamps, 1969), Jersey (1 stamp, 1969), Grenada (15 stamps, 1861-1938), Lagos (7 stamps, 1874-1905), Leeward Islands (9 stamps, 1890-1949), British consulate in Madagascar (6 stamps, 1884-1886), Mauritius (8 stamps, 1858-1865), Montserrat (10 stamps, 1876-1949), Natal (15 stamps, 1857-1908), Nauru (3 stamps, 1916-1954), Nevis (5 stamps, 1861-1886), New Hebrides (Br) (5 stamps, 1908-1925), Niger Coast Protectorate (1 stamp, 1898), Northern Nigeria (5 stamps, 1900-1912), St. Christopher (3 stamps, 1870-1890), St. KittsNevis (9 stamps, 1903-1950), St. Lucia (14 stamps, 1860-1938), Sierra Leone (23 stamps, 1859-1964), Southern Nigeria (5 stamps, 1901-1912), South Georgia (1 stamp, 1963), Tobago (4 stamps, 1879-1886), Trinidad (15 stamps, 1859-1905), Trinidad & Tobago (6 stamps, 1913-1924), Tristan da Cunha (14 stamps, 1952-1970), Turks Islands (3 stamps, 1867-1887), Turks & Caicos Islands (16 stamps, 1900-1967), Virgin Islands (9 stamps, 1866-1949), Zululand (3 stamps, 1888-1894) Show with all usages

Used by 8 stamps of Ceylon: (See all uses as list)

4/1/1857 6p plum pc=bl wmk=large star imperf
7/2/1857 6p brn issue=1857 wmk=large star imperf
7/2/1857 6p plum issue=1857 wmk=large star imperf
1861 6p brn wmk=large star perf=14-15.5
9/1862 6p perf=14-15.5
1863 6p brn wmk=crown & CC perf=12.5
1867 6p blkbrn issue=1867 wmk=crown & CC short perf=12.5 paper=handmade
1867 6p redbrn issue=1867 wmk=crown & CC short perf=12.5 paper=handmade

All are d=Queen Victoria (1857)