Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (New South Wales usage only)

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Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (New South Wales 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 New South Wales in this currency:

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
1/2d	9	1891 gray issue=1891 official d=Queen Victoria (1862 New South Wales 1d) ovpt=O S on=1/5/1891-1/2d ... 7/1907 grn issue=1906 d=Queen Victoria (New South Wales 1/2d)
1p	28	1/1/1850 red d=seal of the colony (1850) var=I ... 7/1907 rose issue=1906 d=arms of New South Wales gray d=Queen Victoria (1862 New South Wales 1d) unissued
2p	31	1/1/1850 bl d=seal of the colony (1850) var=I ... 7/1907 ultra issue=1906 d=Queen Victoria (1897 New South Wales)
2 1/2d	8	12/22/1890 ultra d=Australia ... 7/1907 bl issue=1906 d=Queen Victoria & stars
3d	15	1851 yelgrn d=seal of the colony (1851) ... 1900 emer issue=1900 due d=numeral (1891 due)
4d	12	9/1/1867 redbrn issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (New South Wales 4d) ... 7/1907 orgbrn issue=1906 d=Captain Cook (1888)
5d	6	1854 dkgrn issue=1854 d=Queen Victoria (New South Wales 5d) ... 1884 dkgrn d=Queen Victoria (New South Wales 5d)
6p	23	brn d=Queen Victoria (New South Wales 6d) ... 7/1907 org issue=1906 d=Queen Victoria & arms of New South Wales
7 1/2d	2	1891 brn issue=1891 official d=Queen Victoria (New South Wales 6d) ovpt=O S on=7 1/2d, 1/5/1891 brn d=Queen Victoria (New South Wales 6d) ovpt=SEVEN-PENCE//HALFPENNY oc=blk on=6p-brn-unissued
8d	13	5/1853 org d=Queen Victoria (1851 New South Wales) ... 7/1907 redvio issue=1906 d=superb lyrebird (1899)
9p	4	1871 issue=1871 ovpt=NINEPENCE oc=blk on=10p ... 7/1907 brn&ultra issue=1906 d=Allegory
10d	6	9/1/1867 pur issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (New South Wales 10d) ... 7/1907 vio issue=1906 d=Queen Victoria (New South Wales 10d)
1sh	12	1854 brnred issue=1854 d=Queen Victoria (1854 New South Wales 1sh) ... 7/1907 vio issue=1906 d=Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus-New South Wales-Australian States red d=Queen Victoria (1871 New South Wales) unissued
12 1/2d	2	1891 red issue=1891 official d=Queen Victoria (1871 New South Wales) ovpt=O S on=12 1/2d, 1/5/1891 red d=Queen Victoria (1871 New South Wales) ovpt=TWELVE-PENCE//HALFPENNY oc=blk on=1sh-red-unissued
2sh6p	3	1903 blgrn d=superb lyrebird (1903) ... 7/1907 blgrn issue=1906 d=superb lyrebird (1903)
5sh	9	1861 dlvio d=Queen Victoria on medallion ... 1/1/1891 ltgrn issue=1891 due a d=numeral (1891 due)
10sh	5	1885 rose&vio ovpt=POSTAGE oc=blk on=type=revenue-10sh-rose&vio ... 1904 rose&vio d=Queen Victoria
1£	1	1886 red&dkpur issue=1887 official d=Queen Victoria
= 1lb	2	1885 rose&vio ovpt=POSTAGE oc=bl on=type=revenue-1lb-rose&vio
= 20sh	6	4/27/1888 ultra d=Captain Arthur Phillip & Lord Carrington ... 12/1905 bl issue=1905 d=Captain Arthur Phillip & Lord Carrington

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