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1lb denom (#10663) (New Guinea usage only)

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  • Colnect-5043-358-Native-huts-and-palm-trees---overprinted.jpg
  • Colnect-2550-744-Raggiana-Bird-of-paradise-Paradisaea-raggiana.jpg
  • Colnect-2537-669-Raggiana-Bird-of-paradise-Paradisaea-raggiana-overprinted.jpg
  • Colnect-2554-855-Raggiana-Bird-of-paradise-Paradisaea-raggiana.jpg
  • Colnect-2554-868-Raggiana-Bird-of-paradise-Paradisaea-raggiana-overprinted.jpg
  • Colnect-5102-812-Plane-over-Bulolo-Goldfield.jpg
Desc: 1lb

Currency: Australian pound (240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 14400


Equivalent denoms: (1), 20sh (2)

Users of this denom: Australia (8 stamps, 1909-1964), New Guinea (7 stamps, 1925-1939), North West Pacific Islands (2 stamps, 1915-1916) Show with all usages

Used by 7 stamps of New Guinea: (See all uses as list)

1925 1lb issue=1925 d=native village
airmail 6/8/1931 1lb d=native village ovpt=AIR MAIL//biplane oc=blk on=1lb-native village
8/2/1931 1lb issue=1931 d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (1921 1931)
airmail 8/2/1931 1lb d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (1921 1931) ovpt=biplane//AIR//MAIL oc=blk on=1lb-Raggiana bird-of-paradise (1921 1931)
6/30/1932 1lb issue=1932 d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates)
airmail 6/30/1932 1lb issue=1932 air d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates) ovpt=biplane//AIR//MAIL oc=blk on=1lb-Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates)
airmail 3/1/1939 1lb issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields