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Pound sterling (Tristan da Cunha usage only)


Name: Pound sterling
Defn: 100p=1lb
Symbol: £
Code: GBP
Desc: Decimalised version of the pound
Units of money:
penny (pl: pence) p 1
pounds lb 100

Users of this currency: British Antarctic Territory (850 stamps, 1971-2023), British Indian Ocean Territory (578 stamps, 1990-2021), Great Britain (4406 stamps, 1970-2024), Northern Ireland (144 stamps, 1971-2019), Scotland (122 stamps, 1971-2018), Wales (107 stamps, 1971-2018), Guernsey (1928 stamps, 1971-2023), Alderney (670 stamps, 1983-2020), Jersey (2319 stamps, 1970-2020), Isle of Man (2461 stamps, 1971-2020), South Georgia (750 stamps, 1971-2024), Tristan da Cunha (1182 stamps, 1971-2020) Show with all usages

Denominations used by Tristan da Cunha in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
1/2p 2   2/14/1971 blk&grn issue=1971 surcharges d=Flagship of Tristão da Cunha & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-1p, 2/29/1972 issue=1972 dt=flowers (1972 Tristan da Cunha) d=Cow Pudding Gnaphalium pyramidale
1p 10   2/14/1971 blk&vio issue=1971 surcharges d=New England whaler & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-2p ... 12/8/2015 issue=2015 dt=mail ships
1.10P 1   10/28/2014 issue=350th Anniversary of the Royal Marines
1 1/2p 4   2/14/1971 blk&org issue=1971 surcharges d=HMS Challenger & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-4d ... 2/29/1972 issue=1972 dt=flowers (1972 Tristan da Cunha) d=Oxalis purpurea
2p 4   11/1/1975 dt=whales and dolphins (1975) d=Orcinus orca (1975) ... 12/8/2015 issue=2015 dt=mail ships
2 1/2p 6   2/14/1971 blk&dkgrn issue=1971 surcharges d=HMS Cilicia & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-6p ... 5/1/1974 dt=Rockhopper Penguins d=Eudyptes crestatus (1974)
3p 10   2/14/1971 blk&orgred issue=1971 surcharges d=HM Royal Yacht Britannia & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-7p ... 11/1/2010 issue=Nature Conservation 2010
4p 13   2/14/1971 issue=1971 surcharges d=++on=10p ... 12/10/1988 issue=1988
5p 45   2/14/1971 blk&car issue=1971 surcharges d=MV Tjisadane & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-1sh ... 12/8/2015 issue=2015 dt=mail ships
7 1/2p 12   2/14/1971 blk&brnol issue=1971 surcharges d=MV Tristania & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-1sh6p ... 10/31/1977 issue=1977 surcharges
8p 5   10/1/1991 issue=Worldwide Nature Protection dt=birds (1991 Tristan da Cunha) d=Gallinula comeri ... 11/1/2010 issue=Nature Conservation 2010
9p 3   5/4/1976 issue=Festival of Stamps 1976 ... 6/2/1986 dt=shipwrecks (1985) d=Allanshaw
10p 75   4/16/1975 dt=marine algae d=Epymenia flabellataa ... 12/8/2015 issue=2015 dt=mail ships
11p 1   2/2/1987 dt=shipwrecks (1985)
12p 2   10/1/1991 issue=Worldwide Nature Protection dt=birds (1991 Tristan da Cunha) d=Gallinula comeri, 4/27/1999 dt=wandering albatross
12 1/2p 8   2/14/1971 blk&orgbrn issue=1971 surcharges d=MV Boissevain & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-2sh6p ... 11/14/1973 issue=Princess Anne's Wedding d=Princess Anne & Mark Phillips (1973 joint)
14p 3   8/11/1980 issue=Queen Mother 80th ... 2/8/1982 dt=sharks (1982) d=Lamna nasus (1982)
15p 73   2/14/1971 blk&bl issue=1971 surcharges d=Dutch ship Heemstede & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-1 1/2p ... 11/1/2010 issue=Nature Conservation 2010
17p 2   10/1/1984 dt=Woolens Industry, 2/2/1987 dt=shipwrecks (1985) d="Henry A. Paul"
18p 1   8/1/1983 issue=1983 dt=History of Tristan da Cunha
20p 82   4/16/1975 dt=marine algae d=Macrocystis pyrifera ... 8/1/2008 issue=1st Anniversary of the Death of Allan Bryant Crawford
21p 2   5/22/1981 dt=maps of the South Atlantic (1981 Tristan da Cunha), 2/8/1982 dt=sharks (1982) d=Prionace glauca (1982)
25p 65   2/14/1971 blk&vio issue=1971 surcharges d=MS Bornholm & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-5sh ... 11/20/2017 issue=70th Anniversary of Wedding of Elizabeth II & Prince Philip
29p 1   10/1/1984 dt=Woolens Industry
30p 81   3/23/1981 issue=100th Anniversary of Reverend Edwin Dodgson's Arrival on Tristan da Cunha ... 7/1/2008 issue=60th Anniversary of the Fishing Industry
34p 1   6/18/2014 issue=Tristan Finches d=Gough finch Rowettia goughensis
35p 130   10/1/1974 ... 3/24/2020 issue=25th Anniversary of Gough Island as a UNESCO as a World Heritage Site d=Diomedea dabbenena
40p 6   10/27/1983 issue=500th Anniversary of the Birth of Raphael ... 8/5/2017 issue=150th Anniversary of Prince Alfred's Visit to Tristan da Cunha
45p 66   10/1/1984 dt=Woolens Industry ... 12/2/2019 issue=Whaling and Sealing Ships
50p 183   2/14/1971 issue=1971 surcharges oc=blk on=issue=1965-10sh ... 4/10/2019 issue=Lobster Fisheries
55p 4   2/20/2018 issue=Royal Navy Visitors to TDC d=HMS Lancaster ... 3/24/2020 issue=25th Anniversary of Gough Island as a UNESCO as a World Heritage Site d=Rowettia goughensis
60p 55   1/3/1984 issue=150th Anniversary of St. Helena as British colony ... 11/19/2019 issue=Vagrant Species d=Hydrurga leptonyx
65p 6   4/21/1986 issue=60th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II ... 8/8/1994 issue=Sharks dt=sharks (1994 Tristan da Cunha) d=mako shark Isurus oxyrinchus
0.70lb 1   3/12/2018 issue=70th Anniversary of the Tristan Venture Fisheries Study
= 70p 41   2/2/1987 dt=shipwrecks (1985) ... 12/2/2019 issue=Whaling and Sealing Ships
75p 6   8/5/2002 issue=Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother memorial ... 1/20/2005 issue=200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar d=HMS "Victory"
80p 8   6/7/1985 issue=85th birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother ... 2/20/2018 issue=Royal Navy Visitors to TDC d=HMS Protector (A173) at Tristan
85p 6   4/17/2007 dt=Rescue Vehicles ... 6/6/2019 issue=75th Anniversary of D-Day
90p 6   7/20/2009 issue=40th Anniversary of the First Man on the Moon ... 10/18/2018 issue=Migratory Birds
95p 4   10/10/2011 issue=50th Anniversary of the Evacuation ... 12/9/2013 issue=1961 Volcano Series - Part 4 d=MV Tristania
1.00£ 1   7/20/2009 issue=40th Anniversary of the First Man on the Moon
= 28   2/29/1972 issue=1972 dt=flowers (1972 Tristan da Cunha) d=Spartina arundinacea ... 11/19/2019 issue=Vagrant Species d=Caretta caretta
= 1lb 7   7/4/2016 issue=400th Anniversary of the Death of William Shakespeare d=Hamlet ... 12/7/2017 issue=80th Anniversary of the Norwegian Expedition Visit
1.10£ 21   8/3/2009 issue=Potato Production ... 10/1/2019 issue=Island Life - Through Their Eyes
1.15£ 2   9/3/2018 issue=140th Anniversary of the wreck of SS Mabel Clark, 12/2/2019 issue=Whaling and Sealing Ships
1.20£ 2   8/1/2008 issue=1st Anniversary of the Death of Allan Bryant Crawford, 9/27/2015 issue=1885 Tristan Lifeboat Disaster
= 1.20lb 3   2/6/1998 issue=50th Anniversary of the first Lobster Survey dt=lobster trawlers d=sheet ... 7/4/2016 issue=400th Anniversary of the Death of William Shakespeare d=The merry wives of Windsor
1.25£ 2   7/9/2007 issue=100th Anniversary of Scouting, 7/1/2008 issue=60th Anniversary of the Fishing Industry
1.30£ 1   6/6/2019 issue=75th Anniversary of D-Day
= 1.30lb 1   8/20/2018 issue=Royal Wedding 2018
1.40£ 1   7/9/2007 issue=100th Anniversary of Scouting
1.50£ 28   8/4/1995 issue=95th birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother ... 12/2/2019 issue=Whaling and Sealing Ships
= 150p 1   6/18/2014 issue=Tristan Finches d=Wilkins's finch Nesospiza wilkinsi
1.60£ 5   9/28/2009 issue=Traditions & Folklore ... 3/24/2020 issue=25th Anniversary of Gough Island as a UNESCO as a World Heritage Site d=Procellaria conspicillata
= 1.60lb 4   11/10/2016 issue=Peter Green and the Wreck of the Emily d=Head man ... 7/2/2018 issue=Centenary of the Royal Air Force
1.80£ 1   3/24/2020 issue=25th Anniversary of Gough Island as a UNESCO as a World Heritage Site d=Eudyptes moseleyi
27   12/1/1977 d=Diomedea chlororhynchos ... 11/19/2019 issue=Vagrant Species d=Thalassarche carteri
2.50£ 1   6/1/2015 issue=British-American war d=HMS Penguin & USS Hornet (1805) exchange fire
2.80£ 1   6/2/2003 issue=50th Anniversary of Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
3   4/29/2011 issue=Royal Wedding 2011 ... 8/20/2018 issue=Royal Wedding 2018
= 3lb 1   4/21/2016 issue=90th Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II
3.50£ 1   3/24/2020 issue=25th Anniversary of Gough Island as a UNESCO as a World Heritage Site d=Atlantisia rogersi (2020)
5   2/3/1994 issue=1994 dt=ships (1994 Tristan da Cunha) d="St. Helena II" ... 12/8/2015 issue=2015 dt=mail ships
1234 1   4/12/2011 dt=Arctic Cruise Liners d=Minsiheet (100 x 80mm)

Used by 1182 stamps of Tristan da Cunha: (See all uses as list)
2/14/1971 50p issue=1971 surcharges oc=blk on=issue=1965-10sh
2/14/1971 25p blk&vio issue=1971 surcharges d=MS Bornholm & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-5sh wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
2/14/1971 15p blk&bl issue=1971 surcharges d=Dutch ship Heemstede & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-1 1/2p wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
2/14/1971 12 1/2p blk&orgbrn issue=1971 surcharges d=MV Boissevain & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-2sh6p wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
2/14/1971 7 1/2p blk&brnol issue=1971 surcharges d=MV Tristania & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-1sh6p wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
2/14/1971 5p blk&car issue=1971 surcharges d=MV Tjisadane & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-1sh wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
2/14/1971 4p issue=1971 surcharges d=++on=10p wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
2/14/1971 3p blk&orgred issue=1971 surcharges d=HM Royal Yacht Britannia & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-7p wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
2/14/1971 2 1/2p blk&dkgrn issue=1971 surcharges d=HMS Cilicia & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-6p wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
2/14/1971 1 1/2p blk&org issue=1971 surcharges d=HMS Challenger & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-4d wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
2/14/1971 1p blk&vio issue=1971 surcharges d=New England whaler & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-2p wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
2/14/1971 1/2p blk&grn issue=1971 surcharges d=Flagship of Tristão da Cunha & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=issue=1965-1p wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
6/1/1971 4p issue=50th Anniversary of Shackleton-Rowett Expedition d=Presentation of Scout Troop flag in front of Tristan school wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
6/1/1971 1 1/2p issue=50th Anniversary of Shackleton-Rowett Expedition d=Quest wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
6/1/1971 7 1/2p issue=50th Anniversary of Shackleton-Rowett Expedition d=Great Britain SN 167a with Tristan da Cunha cancellation wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
6/1/1971 12 1/2p issue=50th Anniversary of Shackleton-Rowett Expedition d=Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
11/1/1971 4p dt=Island Families and Ships d=Italia & inscribed G Lavarello 1892 & A Repetto wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
11/1/1971 12 1/2p dt=Island Families and Ships d=American Whaler & inscribed 1836 J Rogers 1849 Capt A wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
11/1/1971 7 1/2p dt=Island Families and Ships d=Falmouth & Corp William Glass 1816 wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
11/1/1971 2 1/2p dt=Island Families and Ships d=Emily of Stonington & inscribed PW Green 1836 wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
11/1/1971 1 1/2p dt=Island Families and Ships d=Victory at Trafalgar & T Swain catching Nelson wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
2/29/1972 5p issue=1972 dt=flowers (1972 Tristan da Cunha) d=Acaena sarmentosa
2/29/1972 7 1/2p issue=1972 dt=flowers (1972 Tristan da Cunha) d=Apium australe
2/29/1972 12 1/2p issue=1972 dt=flowers (1972 Tristan da Cunha) d=Peperomia tristanensis
2/29/1972 25p issue=1972 dt=flowers (1972 Tristan da Cunha) d=Nertera depressa
... skipping 1132 ...
4/10/2019 35p issue=Lobster Fisheries
4/10/2019 50p issue=Lobster Fisheries
4/10/2019 1£ issue=Lobster Fisheries
4/10/2019 2£ issue=Lobster Fisheries
6/6/2019 45p issue=75th Anniversary of D-Day
6/6/2019 85p issue=75th Anniversary of D-Day
6/6/2019 1.30£ issue=75th Anniversary of D-Day
6/6/2019 2£ issue=75th Anniversary of D-Day
10/1/2019 1.60£ issue=Island Life - Through Their Eyes
10/1/2019 1.10£ issue=Island Life - Through Their Eyes
10/1/2019 70p issue=Island Life - Through Their Eyes
10/1/2019 45p issue=Island Life - Through Their Eyes
11/19/2019 2£ issue=Vagrant Species d=Thalassarche carteri
11/19/2019 1£ issue=Vagrant Species d=Caretta caretta
11/19/2019 60p issue=Vagrant Species d=Hydrurga leptonyx
11/19/2019 45p issue=Vagrant Species d=Coccyzus americanus
12/2/2019 1.15£ issue=Whaling and Sealing Ships
12/2/2019 1.50£ issue=Whaling and Sealing Ships
12/2/2019 70p issue=Whaling and Sealing Ships
12/2/2019 45p issue=Whaling and Sealing Ships
3/24/2020 35p issue=25th Anniversary of Gough Island as a UNESCO as a World Heritage Site d=Diomedea dabbenena
3/24/2020 55p issue=25th Anniversary of Gough Island as a UNESCO as a World Heritage Site d=Rowettia goughensis
3/24/2020 1.60£ issue=25th Anniversary of Gough Island as a UNESCO as a World Heritage Site d=Procellaria conspicillata
3/24/2020 1.80£ issue=25th Anniversary of Gough Island as a UNESCO as a World Heritage Site d=Eudyptes moseleyi
3/24/2020 3.50£ issue=25th Anniversary of Gough Island as a UNESCO as a World Heritage Site d=Atlantisia rogersi (2020)

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