Name: Pound sterling (pre-decimal)
Defn: 240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb
Symbol: £
Code:
Desc: The British pound
First year: 1840
Units of money:
penny (pl: pence) d, p 1
shilling sh, s 12
pound lb 240
Users of this currency: Antigua (103 stamps, 1862-1949), New South Wales (197 stamps, 3000-1907), Queensland (157 stamps, 1860-1909), South Australia (209 stamps, 1855-1912), Tasmania (114 stamps, 3000-1912), Victoria (238 stamps, 1850-1912), Western Australia (97 stamps, 1854-1912), Barbuda (11 stamps, 1922), British Antarctic Territory (24 stamps, 1963-1969), British Honduras (17 stamps, 1866-1887), British Columbia & Vancouver Island (2 stamps, 1860), British Columbia (2 stamps, 1865), Cayman Islands (230 stamps, 1900-1969), Ceylon (64 stamps, 1857-1868), Cyprus (9 stamps, 1880-1881), Dominica (115 stamps, 1874-1948), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (111 stamps, 1911-1966), Great Britain (877 stamps, 1840-1971), Northern Ireland (12 stamps, 1958-1969), Scotland (13 stamps, 1958-1970), Wales (12 stamps, 1958-1969), British forces in Africa (20 stamps, 1942-1947), British forces in Somalia (9 stamps, 1943-1946), British offices in Morocco, British currency (80 stamps, 1907-1956), British offices in Tangier (111 stamps, 1927-1957), British offices in the Turkish Empire (23 stamps, 1905-1921), Guernsey (47 stamps, 1958-1970), German occupation of Guernsey (5 stamps, 1941-1942), Jersey (39 stamps, 1958-1970), German occupation of Jersey (8 stamps, 1941-1943), Isle of Man (7 stamps, 1958-1969), Grenada (156 stamps, 1861-1948), Ionian Islands (3 stamps, 1859), Lagos (60 stamps, 1874-1905), Leeward Islands (115 stamps, 1890-1949), British consulate in Madagascar (59 stamps, 1884-1886), Mauritius (45 stamps, 1847-1876), Montserrat (125 stamps, 1876-1949), Natal (128 stamps, 1857-1908), Nauru (58 stamps, 1916-1965), Nevis (33 stamps, 1861-1890), New Britain (53 stamps, 1914-1915), New Hebrides (Br) (51 stamps, 1908-1925), Niger Coast Protectorate (62 stamps, 1892-1898), Northern Nigeria (51 stamps, 1900-1912), St. Christopher (23 stamps, 1870-1890), St. KittsNevis (98 stamps, 1903-1950), St. Lucia (137 stamps, 1860-1948), St. Vincent (160 stamps, 1861-1948), Sierra Leone (305 stamps, 1859-1964), Southern Nigeria (57 stamps, 1901-1912), South Georgia (16 stamps, 1963-1969), Tobago (31 stamps, 1879-1896), Trinidad (116 stamps, 1851-1910), Trinidad & Tobago (54 stamps, 1913-1928), Tristan da Cunha (131 stamps, 1952-1970), Turks Islands (46 stamps, 1867-1895), Turks & Caicos Islands (180 stamps, 1900-1968), Virgin Islands (94 stamps, 1866-1949), Zululand (26 stamps, 1888-1896) Show with all usages
Denominations used by Great Britain in this currency:
Used by 877 stamps of Great Britain: (See all uses as list)
5/6/1840 1p blk d=Queen Victoria (1840) wmk=small crown imperf
5/7/1840 2d bl d=Queen Victoria (1840) wmk=small crown imperf
2/1841 1p redbrn pc=bluish d=Queen Victoria (1840) wmk=small crown imperf
3/13/1841 2d bl d=Queen Victoria (1840) var=lines added wmk=small crown imperf
9/11/1847 1sh grn d=Queen Victoria (1847 1sh) imperf
11/6/1848 10d redbrn d=Queen Victoria (1848 10d) imperf
1854 1p redbrn d=Queen Victoria (1840) wmk=small crown perf=16
1854 2d bl d=Queen Victoria (1840) wmk=small crown perf=16
3/1/1854 6p redvio d=Queen Victoria (1854 6d) wmk=V R imperf
1855 2d bl d=Queen Victoria (1840) wmk=small crown perf=14
1855 4d rose pc=bluish d=Queen Victoria (1855 Great Britain) wmk=small garter
1855 4d rose pc=bluish d=Queen Victoria (1855 Great Britain) wmk=medium garter
1855 4d rose d=Queen Victoria (1855 Great Britain) wmk=small garter
1855 4d rose d=Queen Victoria (1855 Great Britain) wmk=medium garter
1855 4d rose d=Queen Victoria (1855 Great Britain) wmk=large garter perf=14
1855 1p redbrn pc=bluish d=Queen Victoria (1840) var=re-engraved wmk=large crown perf=14
1855 1p redbrn d=Queen Victoria (1840) var=re-engraved wmk=small crown perf=16
1855 1p redbrn d=Queen Victoria (1840) var=re-engraved wmk=small crown perf=14
1855 1p redbrn d=Queen Victoria (1840) wmk=small crown perf=14
1855 1p redbrn pc=bluish d=Queen Victoria (1840) var=re-engraved wmk=large crown perf=16
1856 1p rosered d=Queen Victoria (1840) var=re-engraved wmk=small crown perf=14
10/21/1856 1sh grn d=Queen Victoria (1856 1sh) wmk=heraldic emblems perf=14
10/21/1856 6p lil d=Queen Victoria (1856 6d) wmk=heraldic emblems perf=14
1857 1p rosered d=Queen Victoria (1840) var=re-engraved wmk=small crown perf=16
1857 2d bl d=Queen Victoria (1840) var=thin lines wmk=small crown perf=14
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2/11/1970 9p dt=British rural architecture d=Cotswold Limestone perf=14.75x14.25
2/11/1970 1sh dt=British rural architecture d=Welsh Stucco perf=14.75x14.25
2/11/1970 1sh6p dt=British rural architecture d=Ulster Thatch perf=14.75x14.25
4/1/1970 5d issue=Declaration of Arbroath 650th dt=anniversaries (1970) d=Signing the Declaration of Arbroath perf=14.75x14.25
4/1/1970 9p issue=Florence Nightingale 150th dt=anniversaries (1970) d=Florence Nightingale attending patients 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
4/1/1970 1sh6p issue=Mayflower sailing 350th dt=anniversaries (1970) d=Pilgrims & Mayflower perf=14.75x14.25
4/1/1970 1sh9p issue=Royal Astronomical Society 150th dt=anniversaries (1970) d=astronomers & telesope perf=14.75x14.25
6/3/1970 1sh6p issue=Wordsworth 200th d=Grasmere from engraving by J Farrington RA perf=14.25x14.75
6/3/1970 5d issue=Dickens death 100th d=Mr Pickwick & Sam Weller - Pickwick Papers perf=14.25x14.75
6/3/1970 5d issue=Dickens death 100th d=Micawber perf=14.25x14.75
6/3/1970 5d issue=Dickens death 100th d=David Copperfield & Betsy Trotwood - David Copperfield perf=14.25x14.75
6/3/1970 5d issue=Dickens death 100th d=Oliver asking for more - Oliver Twist perf=14.25x14.75
7/15/1970 5d issue=9th Commonwealth Games d=runners (1970) perf=14x14.25
7/15/1970 1sh6p issue=9th Commonwealth Games d=swimmers perf=14x14.25
7/15/1970 1sh9p issue=9th Commonwealth Games d=cyclists perf=14x14.25
9/18/1970 5d issue=Philympia 1970 d=Penny Black 1970 perf=14.25x14.75
9/18/1970 9p issue=Philympia 1970 d=1s Green 1847 perf=14.25x14.75
9/18/1970 1sh6p issue=Philympia 1970 d=4d Carmine 1855 perf=14.25x14.75
11/25/1970 4d issue=Christmas 1970 d=angel appearing to shepherds perf=14.25x14.75
11/25/1970 5d issue=Christmas 1970 d=Mary Josef & Christ in the Manger perf=14.25x14.75
11/25/1970 1sh6p issue=Christmas 1970 d=The Wise Men bearing gifts perf=14.25x14.75
postage due 2/15/1971 2d grn issue=1970 due d=numeral & "TO PAY" perf=14x15
3d vio d=topheavy unissued
6p vio d=Queen Victoria (1873 6d) pl=18 unissued
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