Pound sterling (pre-decimal)

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Pound sterling (pre-decimal)

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)

Denominations used in this currency:

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
0	0
*1st*	0
1/4d	25	Cayman Islands 6/30/1908 brn d=numeral (1908 Cayman Islands) ... Cayman Islands 6/5/1969 issue=1969 d=Cayman thrush
1/2d	428	Ceylon 10/1857 lil pc=bl d=Queen Victoria (1857) ... Guernsey 10/1/1969 issue=Bailiwick d=Edward the Confessor & Castle Cornet
= 1/2p	0
1d	11	Victoria 1860 yelgrn issue=1860 d=Queen Victoria ... Great Britain 1951 bl issue=1951 due
= 1p	833	Tasmania car d=Queen Victoria (1870 Tasmania) ... Guernsey 2/4/1970 d=redrawn New South Wales gray d=Queen Victoria (1862 New South Wales 1d) unissued
1 1/2d	3	Dominica 1919 ... Great Britain 1951 grn issue=1951 due
= 1 1/2p	180	Great Britain 1860 lilrose d=Queen Victoria (1860 Great Britain) pl=1 ... Guernsey 10/1/1969 issue=Bailiwick d=Martello Tower & Henry II Montserrat org&blk d=King George V & seal of Montserrat unissued
2d	43	Great Britain 5/7/1840 bl d=Queen Victoria (1840) ... Great Britain 2/15/1971 grn issue=1970 due d=numeral & "TO PAY"
= 2p	370	Mauritius 1847 dkbl d=Queen Victoria 'Post Office' ... Guernsey 10/1/1969 issue=Bailiwick d=Arms of Sark King John
2 1/2d	349	British Columbia & Vancouver Island 1860 dlrose d=Queen Victoria (1860 British Columbia & Vancouver Island) ... Cayman Islands 6/5/1969 issue=1969 d=map Dominica org d=view of Roseau unissued
= 2 1/2P	7	South Australia 1891 ltgrn issue=1891 official d=++on=4p ... South Australia 1905 dkbl issue=1904a
3d	382	Victoria 1/5/1850 bl issue=1850d d=Queen Victoria (1850) ... Guernsey 10/1/1969 issue=Bailiwick d=Arms of Alderney Edward III Leeward Islands vio pc=yel d=King George V unissued
= 3p	8	British Columbia 11/1/1865 ltbl d=Seal of British Columbia ... Sierra Leone 11/4/1963 ultra&blk issue=Oldest Postal Service / Newest G.P.O. in West Africa d=No. 200
3 1/2d	9	Dominica 8/15/1938 redvio&brtultra issue=George VI pictorial d=picking limes & King George VI ... British Antarctic Territory 2/6/1969 issue=scientific research 25th d=Lemaire Channel
4d	408	Tasmania 11/1/1853 redorg d=Queen Victoria (1853 Van Diemens Land 4d) ... Great Britain 11/25/1970 issue=Christmas 1970 d=angel appearing to shepherds
= 4p	18	Victoria 1857 rose issue=1857d ... St. Lucia 1933 blk issue=1933 due
4 1/2d	14	British consulate in Madagascar 1884 vio issue=1884b d=BCM&arms black seal oc=blk on=1sh ... Tristan da Cunha 2/17/1965 blk&brn issue=1965 d=HMS Galatea & Queen Elizabeth II
= 4 1/2p	1	Sierra Leone 11/4/1963 ultra&blk issue=Oldest Postal Service / Newest G.P.O. in West Africa d=No. 198
5d	167	New South Wales 1854 dkgrn issue=1854 d=Queen Victoria (New South Wales 5d) ... Great Britain 11/25/1970 issue=Christmas 1970 d=Mary Josef & Christ in the Manger
= 5p	1	Great Britain 4/29/1902 pur&bl issue=1901 Office of Works
5 1/2d	1	South Georgia 7/10/1963 dkvio issue=1963 d=elephant seals & Queen Elizabeth II
6d	31	Victoria 1854 redorg d=Queen Victoria (1854 Victoria) ... St. Vincent 3/11/1938 redbrn&blk issue=George VI pictorials d=seal of the colony & King George VI
= 6p	460	New South Wales brn d=Queen Victoria (New South Wales 6d) ... Tristan da Cunha 5/15/1970 d=national savings Great Britain vio d=Queen Victoria (1873 6d) pl=18 unissued
*6 1/2p*	0
7p	23	Leeward Islands 1890 lil&sl issue=1890 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate) ... Great Britain 7/1/1968 brtgrn issue=1967a Machin d=Queen Elizabeth II (Machin)
7 1/2d	4	New South Wales 1891 brn issue=1891 official d=Queen Victoria (New South Wales 6d) ovpt=O S on=7 1/2d ... Sierra Leone 4/27/1963 ultra&blk issue=2nd Anniversary of Independence d=No. 198
8d	78	New South Wales 5/1853 org d=Queen Victoria (1851 New South Wales) ... Cayman Islands 6/5/1969 issue=1969 d=ships in harbor
= 8p	2	South Australia 1876 redbrn issue=1876 official d=++on=9p, St. Lucia 1933 blk issue=1933 due
9d	3	Victoria 4/22/1850 ovpt=9 9//NINEPENCE oc=blk on=issue=1863-10d ... Scotland 9/28/1970 dkgrn issue=1968
= 9p	116	Natal 5/26/1857 pc=bl ... Guernsey 11/11/1970 issue=Christmas 1970 dt=churches (1970 Guernsey) d=St Perters Church Sark South Australia yel d=Queen Victoria oval unissued
9 1/2p	1	Sierra Leone 11/4/1963 ultra&blk issue=Oldest Postal Service / Newest G.P.O. in West Africa d=No. 198
10d	59	Great Britain 11/6/1848 redbrn d=Queen Victoria (1848 10d) ... Tristan da Cunha 11/1/1970 dt=crawfish industry d=Workers in processing plant & side view of rock lobster j
= 10p	2	Great Britain 5/28/1902 issue=1901 Office of Works oc=blk on=issue=Jubilee-10d
11d	7	Great Britain 12/29/1947 viobrn d=King George VI (1947 Great Britain) ... British offices in Tangier 4/1/1957 viobrn issue=PO 100th d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding e) ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-11d-viobrn
*12p*	0
= 1s	2	Great Britain 1951 brn issue=1951 due, Jersey 10/1/1969 yelgrn issue=1969 due
= 1sh	453	Great Britain 9/11/1847 grn d=Queen Victoria (1847 1sh) ... Great Britain 4/1/1970 issue=International Cooperative Alliance 75th dt=anniversaries (1970) d=Signing of International Co-operative Alliance New South Wales red d=Queen Victoria (1871 New South Wales) unissued
12 1/2d	2	New South Wales 1891 red issue=1891 official d=Queen Victoria (1871 New South Wales) ovpt=O S on=12 1/2d, New South Wales 1/5/1891 red d=Queen Victoria (1871 New South Wales) ovpt=TWELVE-PENCE//HALFPENNY oc=blk on=1sh-red-unissued
1sh3p	48	Sierra Leone 1944 orgyel issue=George VI pictorials d=rice harvesting & King George VI ... Cayman Islands 6/5/1969 issue=1969 d=beach scene
1sh6p	89	British consulate in Madagascar 1884 vio issue=1884a d=BCM&arms black seal ... Great Britain 11/25/1970 issue=Christmas 1970 d=The Wise Men bearing gifts
1sh9p	28	Ceylon 4/23/1859 grn issue=1857 d=Queen Victoria (1859 1sh9d) ... Jersey 7/28/1970 issue=Battle of Flowers parade d=Were the Greatest
2S	1	Sierra Leone 11/4/1963 ultra&blk issue=Oldest Postal Service / Newest G.P.O. in West Africa d=No. 200
= 2sh	127	Victoria 1854 grn d=Queen Victoria (1854 Victoria) ... Cayman Islands 6/5/1969 issue=1969 d=Barracudas
*26p*	0
2sh3p	1	Nauru 1963 issue=1963 d=coral pinnacles
2sh6p	143	Queensland 1881 red issue=1881 d=Queen Victoria (1881 Queensland) paper=white wove ... Tristan da Cunha 11/1/1970 dt=crawfish industry d=Workers in processing plant & side view of rock lobster j
3S	1	Sierra Leone 4/27/1963 ultra&blk issue=2nd Anniversary of Independence d=No. 200
= 3sh	20	Turks & Caicos Islands 1900 lake issue=1900 d=badge ... Turks & Caicos Islands 2/1/1967 turq&carbrn issue=1967 d=map of islands
3sh3p	1	Nauru 1963 issue=1963 d=reed warbler
3sh6p	3	Sierra Leone 4/27/1963 ultra&blk issue=independence 2nd d=rice harvesting & Queen Elizabeth II oc=bl on=1956-3d ... Sierra Leone 5/11/1964 issue=John F. Kennedy memorial
3sh7p	4	Gilbert & Ellice Islands 7/20/1964 ltemer issue=air service d=plane & Tarawa sailboat ... Gilbert & Ellice Islands 1/24/1966 issue=Churchill Memorial d=Churchill & St Paul's & Queen Elizabeth II
4sh	8	Zululand 1894 grn&carrose issue=1894 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate) ... Cayman Islands 6/5/1969 issue=1969 d=Government House, Cayman Islands
5sh	209	New South Wales 1861 dlvio d=Queen Victoria on medallion ... Guernsey 10/1/1969 issue=Bailiwick d=View of Sark
6S	1	Sierra Leone 4/27/1963 ultra&blk issue=2nd Anniversary of Independence d=No. 200
= 6sh	3	Sierra Leone 11/4/1963 org&blk issue=Oldest Postal Service / Newest G.P.O. in West Africa d=No. 224 ... Sierra Leone 5/11/1964 issue=John F. Kennedy memorial
10sh	117	Great Britain 9/26/1878 sl d=Queen Victoria (1878 10sh) ... Guernsey 10/1/1969 issue=Bailiwick d=View of Alderney
11sh	3	Sierra Leone 4/27/1963 issue=2nd Anniversary of Independence d=No. 207 ... Sierra Leone 5/11/1964 issue=John F. Kennedy memorial
15sh	1	South Australia 1886 issue=1886 d=Queen Victoria (1886 South Australia)
1£	3	New South Wales 1886 red&dkpur issue=1887 official d=Queen Victoria ... Sierra Leone 11/4/1963 org&blk issue=Oldest Postal Service / Newest G.P.O. in West Africa d=No. 208
= 1lb	88	Great Britain 1878 brnlil d=Queen Victoria (1878 1lb) ... British Antarctic Territory 12/1/1969 d=HMS Endurance
= 20sh	10	Queensland 1881 rose issue=1881 d=Queen Victoria (1860 Queensland) paper=white wove ... New South Wales 12/1905 bl issue=1905 d=Captain Arthur Phillip & Lord Carrington
*1.41lb*	0
1lb10sh	1	Natal 1908 issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal)
2lb	5	South Australia 1886 redbrn issue=1886 d=Queen Victoria (1886 South Australia) ... Sierra Leone 1921 lil&ultra issue=1921 d=King George V & elephant
50sh	1	South Australia 1886 issue=1886 d=Queen Victoria (1886 South Australia)
3lb	1	South Australia 1886 ol issue=1886 d=Queen Victoria (1886 South Australia)
4lb	1	South Australia 1886 yel issue=1886 d=Queen Victoria (1886 South Australia)
5lb	7	Great Britain 1882 org d=Queen Victoria (1882 5lb) pl=1 ... Sierra Leone 1921 grn&yel issue=1921 d=King George V & elephant
1234	1	Sierra Leone 4/27/1963 org&blk issue=2nd Anniversary of Independence d=No. 208
10lb	2	South Australia 1886 issue=1886 d=Queen Victoria (1886 South Australia), Natal 1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal)
15lb	1	South Australia 1886 issue=1886 d=Queen Victoria (1886 South Australia)
20lb	2	South Australia 1886 issue=1886 d=Queen Victoria (1886 South Australia), Natal 1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal)
25lb	1	Northern Nigeria 4/1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate)

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