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1sh denom (#10911) (Sierra Leone 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 21 stamps of Sierra Leone: (See all uses as list)

4/1872 1sh yelgrn d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone) wmk=crown & CC sideways perf=12.5
9/1873 1sh yelgrn d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone) wmk=crown & CC perf=12.5
1876 1sh grn issue=1876 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone) wmk=crown & CC perf=14
1888 1sh orgbrn issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
1896 1sh grn&blk issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
1903 1sh grn&blk issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
1904 1sh grn&blk issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1907 1sh blk pc=grn issue=1907 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1912 1sh blk pc=grn issue=1912b d=King George V & elephant wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1921 1sh blk&grayblk issue=1921 d=King George V & elephant wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
3/1/1932 1sh redbrn issue=1932 d=rice field wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
10/2/1933 1sh issue=abolition 100th d=government buildings, Freetown wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
5/6/1935 1sh brnvio&ind issue=Silver Jubilee d=Windsor Castle & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=11x12
5/1/1938 1sh ol&blk issue=George VI pictorials d=Freetown from the harbour & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
10/10/1949 1sh ol issue=UPU 75th wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13.5x14
1/2/1956 1sh car&blk issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=Bullom boat & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA
4/27/1961 1sh yel&graypur issue=independence d=palm fruit gathering wmk=St Edwards crown & SL perf=13.5
1/1/1963 1sh issue=1963 dt=plants (1963 Sierra Leone) d=beautiful crinum wmk=St Edwards crown & SL perf=14
11/4/1963 1sh grayvio&bl issue=Oldest Postal Service / Newest G.P.O. in West Africa d=No. 217
2/10/1964 1sh issue=New York World's Fair 1964 d=map of Sierra Leone imperf
5/11/1964 1sh issue=John F. Kennedy memorial d=map of Sierra Leone (1964) imperf