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6p denom (#13319) (Sierra Leone 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 23 stamps of Sierra Leone: (See all uses as list)

9/21/1859 6p brtvio d=Queen Victoria (1859 Sierra Leone) perf=14
1872 6p vio d=Queen Victoria (1859 Sierra Leone) wmk=crown & CC perf=12.5
1885 6p brtvio issue=1876 d=Queen Victoria (1859 Sierra Leone) wmk=crown & CC perf=14
1890 6p viobrn issue=1876 d=Queen Victoria (1859 Sierra Leone) wmk=crown & CC perf=14
1896 6p brnvio issue=1876 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate) wmk=crown & CC perf=14
1897 6p lil issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
1903 6p vio&dlvio issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
1904 6p vio&dlvio issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1907 6p vio&redvio issue=1907 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1912 6p vio&redvio issue=1912a d=King George V (1912 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1921 6p vio&redvio issue=1921 d=King George V (1912 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
3/1/1932 6p ltbl issue=1932 d=rice field wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
10/2/1933 6p issue=abolition 100th d=punting near Banana Islands wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
5/1/1938 6p gray issue=George VI pictorials d=rice harvesting & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
10/10/1949 6p gray issue=UPU 75th wmk=mult crown & script CA
1/2/1956 6p vio&blk issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=Whale Bay, York Village & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13.5x13
4/27/1961 6p pur&blk issue=independence d=Sir Milton Margai wmk=St Edwards crown & SL perf=13.5
11/25/1961 6p org&blk issue=Royal Visit 1961 d=Old House of Representatives, Freetown, … wmk=St Edwards crown & SL perf=13.5
1/1/1963 6p issue=1963 dt=plants (1963 Sierra Leone) d=climbing lily wmk=St Edwards crown & SL perf=14
4/27/1963 6p ltvio&blk issue=independence 2nd d=Cape Lighthouse & Queen Elizabeth II oc=org on=1956-1/2d wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13.5x13
11/1/1963 6p blk&red issue=Red Cross 100th
2/10/1964 6p issue=New York World's Fair 1964 d=map of Sierra Leone imperf
5/11/1964 6p issue=John F. Kennedy memorial d=map of Sierra Leone (1964) imperf