Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (Niger Coast Protectorate usage only)

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Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (Niger Coast Protectorate usage only)

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 Niger Coast Protectorate in this currency:

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
1/2d	30	7/1892 ver issue=1892 d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 1/2d) ovpt=BRITISH//PROTECTORATE//OIL RIVERS oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1/2d-ver ... 3/1897 yelgrn issue=1897 d=Queen Victoria (1894 Niger Coast 1/2d)
1p	5	7/1892 lil issue=1892 ovpt=BRITISH//PROTECTORATE//OIL RIVERS oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1p-lil ... 3/1897 ver issue=1897 d=Queen Victoria (1894 Niger Coast 1d)
2p	4	7/1892 grn&car issue=1892 ovpt=BRITISH//PROTECTORATE//OIL RIVERS oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-2p-grn&car ... 3/1897 car issue=1897 d=Queen Victoria (1894 Niger Coast 2d)
2 1/2d	4	7/1892 vio pc=bl issue=1892 d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 2 1/2d) ovpt=BRITISH//PROTECTORATE//OIL RIVERS oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-2 1/2d-vio-pc=bl ... 3/1897 bl issue=1897 d=Queen Victoria (1894 Niger Coast 2 1/2d)
5d	4	7/1892 lil&bl issue=1892 ovpt=BRITISH//PROTECTORATE//OIL RIVERS oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-5d-lil&bl ... 3/1897 dpvio issue=1897 d=Queen Victoria (1894 Niger Coast 5d)
6p	1	6/1898 yelbrn issue=1897 d=Queen Victoria (1897 Niger Coast 6d)
1sh	7	7/1892 grn issue=1892 d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 1sh) ovpt=BRITISH//PROTECTORATE//OIL RIVERS oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1887-1sh ... 3/1897 blk issue=1897 d=Queen Victoria (1894 Niger Coast 1sh)
2sh6p	1	3/1897 olbis issue=1897 d=Queen Victoria (1897 Niger Coast 2sh6d)
5sh	1	12/1893 issue=1893e oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1892-2p
10sh	2	12/1893 issue=1893e oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1892-5d, 6/1898 pur issue=1897 d=Queen Victoria (1897 Niger Coast 10sh)
20sh	3	12/1893 issue=1893e oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1892-1sh

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