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Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (Natal 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 Natal in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
1/2d 16   1877 yel ovpt=POSTAGE//Half-penny//bars oc=blk on=type=revenue-1p-yel-perf=12.5 ... 1904 blgrn d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=1904-1/2d-blgrn
1p 26   1858 pc=buff ... 1904 rose d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=1904-1p-rose
1 1/2p 1   1902 blk&blgrn d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal)
2p 5   1886 gray oc=blk on=3d-gray-unissued ... 1904 olgrn&scar d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=1904-2p-olgrn&scar
2 1/2d 3   1890 brn d=Queen Victoria (1874 Natal 4d) oc=blk on=1878-4d-brn ... 1902 ultra d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal)
3d 17   5/26/1857 pc=rose ... 1904 gray&redvio ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=3d-gray&redvio-unissued
4d 4   1878 brn issue=1874 d=Queen Victoria (1874 Natal 4d) ... 1904 brn&scar issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal)
5d 2   1902 org&blk d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal), 1908 org&blk issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal)
6p 15   5/26/1857 pc=grn ... 1908 redvio issue=1908 d=King Edward VII (1908 Natal)
9p 1   5/26/1857 pc=bl
1sh 18   5/26/1857 pc=buff ... 1908 blk pc=grn issue=1908 d=King Edward VII (1908 Natal) org d=Queen Victoria (1867 Natal) unissued
2sh 3   1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) ... 1908 bl&vio pc=bl issue=1908 d=King Edward VII (1908 Natal)
2sh6p 3   1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) ... 1908 red&blk pc=bl issue=1908 d=King Edward VII (1908 Natal)
4sh 1   1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal)
5sh 5   1874 cl issue=1874 d=Queen Victoria (1874 Natal 5sh) ... 1908 red&grn pc=yel issue=1908 d=King Edward VII (1908 Natal)
10sh 2   1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal), 1908 red&grn pc=grn issue=1908 d=King Edward VII (1908 Natal)
1lb 2   1902 bl&blk d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal), 1908 blk&pur pc=red issue=1908 d=King Edward VII (1908 Natal)
1lb10sh 1   1908 issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal)
5lb 1   1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal)
10lb 1   1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal)
20lb 1   1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal)

Used by 128 stamps of Natal: (See all uses as list)
5/26/1857 6p pc=grn
5/26/1857 9p pc=bl
5/26/1857 1sh pc=buff
5/26/1857 3d pc=rose
1858 1p pc=bl
1858 1p pc=buff
1858 1p pc=rose
1860 1p rose d=Queen Victoria (1860 Natal) perf=14
1860 3d bl d=Queen Victoria (1860 Natal) perf=14
1861 3d bl d=Queen Victoria (1860 Natal) perf=14-16cleancut
1862 1p rose d=Queen Victoria (1860 Natal) wmk=small star perf=14-16rough
1862 3d bl d=Queen Victoria (1860 Natal) perf=14-16rough
1862 6p gray d=Queen Victoria (1860 Natal) perf=14-16rough
1863 1p carlake d=Queen Victoria (1860 Natal) perf=14-16rough
1864 1p car d=Queen Victoria (1860 Natal) wmk=crown & CC perf=12.5
1864 1p rose d=Queen Victoria (1860 Natal) wmk=crown & CC perf=12.5
1864 6p vio d=Queen Victoria (1860 Natal) wmk=crown & CC perf=12.5
4/1867 1sh grn d=Queen Victoria (1867 Natal) wmk=crown & CC perf=12.5
8/23/1869 1p rose issue=1869a d=Queen Victoria (1860 Natal) ovpt=Postage.(12 3/4mm) oc=blk on=1864-1p-rose wmk=crown & CC perf=12.5
8/23/1869 3d bl issue=1869a d=Queen Victoria (1860 Natal) ovpt=Postage.(12 3/4mm) oc=blk on=1862-3d-bl perf=14-16rough
8/23/1869 6p vio issue=1869a ovpt=Postage.(12 3/4mm) oc=blk on=6p-vio
8/23/1869 1sh grn issue=1869a d=Queen Victoria (1867 Natal) ovpt=Postage.(12 3/4mm) oc=blk on=1867-1sh wmk=crown & CC perf=12.5
8/23/1869 1p rose issue=1869b d=Queen Victoria (1860 Natal) ovpt=Postage.(13 3/4mm) oc=blk on=1864-1p-rose wmk=crown & CC perf=12.5
8/23/1869 3d bl issue=1869b d=Queen Victoria (1860 Natal) ovpt=Postage.(13 3/4mm) oc=blk on=1862-3d-bl perf=14-16rough
8/23/1869 6p vio issue=1869b ovpt=Postage.(13 3/4mm) oc=blk on=6p-vio
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1902 20lb d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) wmk=crown & CC perf=14
1904 1/2d blgrn issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1904 1p car issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1904 1p rose issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1904 2p olgrn&scar issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1904 4d brn&scar issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1904 1sh bl&rose issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1904 2sh issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1904 2sh6p issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
official 1904 1/2d blgrn d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=1904-1/2d-blgrn wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
official 1904 1p rose d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=1904-1p-rose wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
official 1904 2p olgrn&scar d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=1904-2p-olgrn&scar wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
official 1904 3d gray&redvio ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=3d-gray&redvio-unissued
official 1904 6p mar&blgrn ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=6p-mar&blgrn-unissued
official 1904 1sh bl&rose d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=1904-1sh-bl&rose wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1908 5d org&blk issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1908 1lb10sh issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 Natal) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1908 6p redvio issue=1908 d=King Edward VII (1908 Natal) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1908 1sh blk pc=grn issue=1908 d=King Edward VII (1908 Natal) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1908 2sh bl&vio pc=bl issue=1908 d=King Edward VII (1908 Natal) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1908 2sh6p red&blk pc=bl issue=1908 d=King Edward VII (1908 Natal) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1908 5sh red&grn pc=yel issue=1908 d=King Edward VII (1908 Natal) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1908 10sh red&grn pc=grn issue=1908 d=King Edward VII (1908 Natal) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1908 1lb blk&pur pc=red issue=1908 d=King Edward VII (1908 Natal) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1sh org d=Queen Victoria (1867 Natal) wmk=crown & CA unissued

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