Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (Tristan da Cunha usage only)

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Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (Tristan da Cunha 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 Tristan da Cunha in this currency:

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
1/2d	4	1/1/1952 pur issue=1952 d=badge of the colony & George VI ovpt=TRISTAN//DA CUNHA oc=blk on=issuer=St. Helena-1/2p-pur ... 2/17/1965 blk&blvio issue=1965 d=Map of South Atlantic Ocean & Queen Elizabeth II
1p	8	1/1/1952 grn&blk issue=1952 d=badge of St Helena & King George V ovpt=TRISTAN//DA CUNHA oc=blk on=issuer=St. Helena-1p-grn&blk ... 1/24/1966 issue=Churchill Memorial d=Churchill & St Paul's & Queen Elizabeth II
1 1/2p	5	1/1/1952 carrose&blk issue=1952 ovpt=TRISTAN//DA CUNHA oc=blk on=issuer=St. Helena-1 1/2p-carrose&blk ... 2/17/1965 blk&bl issue=1965 d=Dutch ship Heemstede & Queen Elizabeth II
2p	6	1/1/1952 issue=1952 ovpt=TRISTAN//DA CUNHA oc=blk on=issuer=St. Helena-2p ... 2/17/1965 blk&vio issue=1965 d=New England whaler & Queen Elizabeth II
2 1/2d	2	1/2/1954 pnk&blk issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=Mollymauk & Queen Elizabeth II, 2/1/1960 brn&blk issue=1960 dt=Elizabeth II & marine fauna d=Notopogon lilliei & Queen Elizabeth II
3d	13	1/1/1952 issue=1952 ovpt=TRISTAN//DA CUNHA oc=blk on=issuer=St. Helena-3p ... 7/10/1967 issue=Prince Alfred visit 100th d=Tristan & Prince Alfred
4d	11	1/1/1952 issue=1952 ovpt=TRISTAN//DA CUNHA oc=blk on=issuer=St. Helena-4p ... 11/1/1970 dt=crawfish industry d=rock lobster & Lobster men placing traps
4 1/2d	2	4/12/1963 issue=resettlement d=Melhania erythroxylon on=issuer=St. Helena-issue=1961-4 1/2d, 2/17/1965 blk&brn issue=1965 d=HMS Galatea & Queen Elizabeth II
5d	3	1/2/1954 gray&grn issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=The potato patches & Queen Elizabeth II ... 2/1/1960 yelorg&blk issue=1960 dt=Elizabeth II & marine fauna d=Five finger fish & Queen Elizabeth II
6p	14	1/1/1952 issue=1952 ovpt=TRISTAN//DA CUNHA oc=blk on=issuer=St. Helena-6p ... 5/15/1970 d=national savings
7p	2	4/12/1963 issue=resettlement d=trumpet fish on=issuer=St. Helena-issue=1961-7p, 2/17/1965 blk&orgred issue=1965 d=HM Royal Yacht Britannia & Queen Elizabeth II
8d	1	1/1/1952 issue=1952 ovpt=TRISTAN//DA CUNHA oc=blk on=issuer=St. Helena-8p
9p	5	1/2/1954 redbrn&pur issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=Nightingale Island & Queen Elizabeth II ... 6/1/1970 issue=British Red Cross 100th d=globe & Red Cross different
10d	5	4/12/1963 issue=resettlement d=Tropiometra carinata on=issuer=St. Helena-issue=1961-10d ... 11/1/1970 dt=crawfish industry d=Workers in processing plant & side view of rock lobster j
1sh	7	1/1/1952 issue=1952 ovpt=TRISTAN//DA CUNHA oc=blk on=issuer=St. Helena-1sh ... 6/1/1969 car dt=British Sailing Ships of the 19th Century d=Cape Horner
1sh6p	14	4/12/1963 issue=resettlement d=Gygis alba (1961) on=issuer=St. Helena-issue=1961-1sh6p ... 11/1/1970 dt=crawfish industry d=rock lobster & Lobster men placing traps
1sh9p	1	6/1/1970 issue=British Red Cross 100th d=British Red Cross flags different
2sh6p	16	1/1/1952 issue=1952 ovpt=TRISTAN//DA CUNHA oc=blk on=issuer=St. Helena-2sh6p ... 11/1/1970 dt=crawfish industry d=Workers in processing plant & side view of rock lobster j
5sh	6	1/1/1952 brn issue=1952 d=badge of the colony & George VI ovpt=TRISTAN//DA CUNHA oc=blk on=issuer=St. Helena-1938-5sh ... 10/1/1966 d=WHO HQ
10sh	5	1/1/1952 issue=1952 ovpt=TRISTAN//DA CUNHA oc=blk on=issuer=St. Helena-10sh ... 9/1/1967 issue=1967 dt=merchant marine ships (1967)
1lb	1	9/1/1967 issue=1967 dt=merchant marine ships (1967) d=Queen Elizabeth II (1967 Tristan da Cunha)

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