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1sh denom (#10911) (Gilbert & Ellice Islands usage only)

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Desc: 1sh

Currency: Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 720


Equivalent denoms: 1s (2)
Unused: 12p

Users of this denom: Antigua (9 stamps, 1886-1949), New South Wales (12 stamps, 1854-1907), Queensland (14 stamps, 1860-1907), South Australia (19 stamps, 1856-1906), Tasmania (9 stamps, 1858-1906), Victoria (19 stamps, 1854-1908), Western Australia (7 stamps, 1857-1912), Barbuda (1 stamp, 1922), British Antarctic Territory (3 stamps, 1963-1969), British Honduras (4 stamps, 1866-1887), Cayman Islands (24 stamps, 1901-1969), Ceylon (5 stamps, 1857-1867), Cyprus (1 stamp, 1880), Dominica (9 stamps, 1874-1938), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (10 stamps, 1911-1965), Great Britain (46 stamps, 1847-1970), British forces in Africa (2 stamps, 1942-1943), British forces in Somalia (1 stamp, 1943), British offices in Morocco, British currency (7 stamps, 1907-1952), British offices in Tangier (5 stamps, 1948-1957), British offices in the Turkish Empire (2 stamps, 1905-1921), Guernsey (2 stamps, 1969), Jersey (1 stamp, 1969), Grenada (14 stamps, 1875-1938), Lagos (6 stamps, 1875-1905), Leeward Islands (11 stamps, 1890-1949), British consulate in Madagascar (4 stamps, 1884-1886), Mauritius (8 stamps, 1859-1876), Montserrat (10 stamps, 1903-1949), Natal (18 stamps, 1857-1908), Nauru (5 stamps, 1916-1954), Nevis (7 stamps, 1861-1890), New Britain (3 stamps, 1914), New Hebrides (Br) (5 stamps, 1908-1925), Niger Coast Protectorate (7 stamps, 1892-1897), Northern Nigeria (5 stamps, 1900-1912), St. Christopher (1 stamp, 1887), St. KittsNevis (9 stamps, 1903-1950), St. Lucia (14 stamps, 1864-1938), St. Vincent (21 stamps, 1866-1938), Sierra Leone (21 stamps, 1872-1964), Southern Nigeria (5 stamps, 1901-1912), South Georgia (1 stamp, 1963), Tobago (4 stamps, 1879-1896), Trinidad (17 stamps, 1859-1905), Trinidad & Tobago (6 stamps, 1913-1925), Tristan da Cunha (7 stamps, 1952-1969), Turks Islands (4 stamps, 1867-1887), Turks & Caicos Islands (14 stamps, 1900-1967), Virgin Islands (12 stamps, 1867-1949), Zululand (2 stamps, 1892-1894) Show with all usages

Used by 10 stamps of Gilbert & Ellice Islands: (See all uses as list)

1/1/1911 1sh blk pc=grn d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) ovpt=GILBERT&ELLICE//PROTECTORATE oc=blk on=issuer=Fiji-1sh-blk-pc=grn wmk=mult crown & CA
1912 1sh blk d=King George V (1912 keyplate)
5/6/1935 1sh pur&gray issue=Silver Jubilee d=Windsor Castle & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA
1/14/1939 1sh graybl&blk issue=George VI pictorials d=phosphate jetty loading freighter & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 8/1940 1sh vio d=numeral (1940 Gilbert & Ellice Islands) wmk=mult crown & script CA
10/10/1949 1sh bl issue=UPU 75th wmk=mult crown & script CA
8/1/1956 1sh olgrn&blk issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=phosphate jetty loading freighter & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA
5/1/1960 1sh blgrn&gray issue=phosphate discovery 60th d=loading onto truck wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
7/20/1964 1sh dkbl&blk issue=air service d=Eastern Reef Heron in flight wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
8/16/1965 1sh issue=1965 dt=dances & customs d=Harvesting Taro Roots wmk=St Edwards crown & CA