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3d denom (#40422) (Great Britain usage only)

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  • Colnect-2450-743-King-George-V---Dark-Background.jpg
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  • Colnect-121-430-Centenary-postage-stamp.jpg
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  • Colnect-121-440-Peace.jpg
  • Colnect-121-449-Olympic-Games.jpg
  • Colnect-121-454-Universal-Postal-Union-3-Penny.jpg
  • Stamp_UK_1952_3p.jpg
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  • Colnect-121-506-Queen-Elizabeth-II---Predecimal-Wilding.jpg
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  • 1958_Commonwealth_Games_3d_Stamp.jpg
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  • Colnect-121-593-Red-Cross-3d.jpg
  • Colnect-121-611-Spring-Gentian-phosphor.jpg
  • Colnect-121-616-Forth-Road-Bridge-phosphor.jpg
  • Colnect-121-627-Bandsmen-and-Banner.jpg
  • Colnect-121-645-Tower-and-Georgian-Building-phosphor.jpg
  • Colnect-121-648-UN-Emblem.jpg
  • Colnect-121-657-Westminster-Abbey-phosphor.jpg
  • Colnect-121-690-King-of-the-Orient-phosphor.jpg
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Desc: 3d

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

Numerical sorting value: 180


Equivalent denoms: 3p (2)

Users of this denom: Antigua (8 stamps, 1903-1949), New South Wales (15 stamps, 1851-1900), Queensland (11 stamps, 1861-1907), South Australia (7 stamps, 1867-1906), Tasmania (4 stamps, 1871-1906), Victoria (16 stamps, 1850-1905), Western Australia (4 stamps, 1872-1905), Barbuda (1 stamp, 1922), British Antarctic Territory (1 stamp, 1963), British Honduras (2 stamps, 1872), British Columbia (1 stamp, 1865), Cayman Islands (16 stamps, 1908-1969), Ceylon (2 stamps, 1866-1867), Dominica (7 stamps, 1903-1938), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (12 stamps, 1912-1966), Great Britain (59 stamps, 1862-1968), Northern Ireland (1 stamp, 1958), Scotland (2 stamps, 1958-1968), Wales (2 stamps, 1958-1967), British forces in Africa (3 stamps, 1942-1943), British forces in Somalia (1 stamp, 1943), British offices in Morocco, British currency (3 stamps, 1914-1949), British offices in Tangier (7 stamps, 1946-1957), British offices in the Turkish Empire (2 stamps, 1905-1921), Guernsey (3 stamps, 1958-1969), Jersey (3 stamps, 1958-1969), German occupation of Jersey (1 stamp, 1943), Isle of Man (1 stamp, 1958), Grenada (10 stamps, 1895-1938), Lagos (6 stamps, 1875-1905), Leeward Islands (11 stamps, 1902-1949), British consulate in Madagascar (6 stamps, 1884-1886), Mauritius (1 stamp, 1863), Montserrat (12 stamps, 1903-1949), Natal (17 stamps, 1857-1904), Nauru (4 stamps, 1916-1963), New Britain (14 stamps, 1914-1915), New Hebrides (Br) (2 stamps, 1924-1925), Northern Nigeria (2 stamps, 1910-1912), St. KittsNevis (10 stamps, 1903-1950), St. Lucia (9 stamps, 1891-1938), St. Vincent (9 stamps, 1897-1938), Sierra Leone (27 stamps, 1872-1964), Southern Nigeria (3 stamps, 1904-1912), South Georgia (1 stamp, 1963), Tobago (1 stamp, 1879), Trinidad (2 stamps, 1885-1905), Trinidad & Tobago (4 stamps, 1922-1923), Tristan da Cunha (13 stamps, 1952-1967), Turks & Caicos Islands (14 stamps, 1908-1967), Virgin Islands (7 stamps, 1904-1949), Zululand (2 stamps, 1888-1894) Show with all usages

Used by 59 stamps of Great Britain: (See all uses as list)

3d vio d=topheavy unissued
5/1/1862 3d palerose issue=1862 dt=Queen Victoria (small white letters) d=Queen Victoria (3d small white letters) wmk=heraldic emblems perf=14
1865 3d rose issue=1865 dt=Queen Victoria (large white letters) d=Queen Victoria (3d large white letters) wmk=heraldic emblems perf=14
7/12/1867 3d rose issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (3d large white letters) wmk=spray of rose perf=14
1873 3d rose issue=1873 dt=Queen Victoria (colored letters) d=Queen Victoria (3d colored letters) wmk=spray of rose perf=14 pl=12
1873 3d rose issue=1873 dt=Queen Victoria (colored letters) d=Queen Victoria (3d colored letters) wmk=spray of rose pl=14
1873 3d rose issue=1873 dt=Queen Victoria (colored letters) d=Queen Victoria (3d colored letters) wmk=spray of rose perf=14 pl=15
1873 3d rose issue=1873 dt=Queen Victoria (colored letters) d=Queen Victoria (3d colored letters) wmk=spray of rose pl=16
1873 3d rose issue=1873 dt=Queen Victoria (colored letters) d=Queen Victoria (3d colored letters) wmk=spray of rose pl=17
1873 3d rose issue=1873 dt=Queen Victoria (colored letters) d=Queen Victoria (3d colored letters) wmk=spray of rose pl=18
1873 3d rose issue=1873 dt=Queen Victoria (colored letters) d=Queen Victoria (3d colored letters) wmk=spray of rose pl=19
1873 3d rose issue=1873 dt=Queen Victoria (colored letters) d=Queen Victoria (3d colored letters) wmk=spray of rose pl=20
1873 3d rose issue=1873 dt=Queen Victoria (colored letters) d=Queen Victoria (3d colored letters) wmk=spray of rose pl=11
2/1881 3d rose issue=1880 d=Queen Victoria (3d colored letters) wmk=imperial crown perf=14 pl=21
2/1881 3d rose issue=1880 d=Queen Victoria (3d colored letters) wmk=imperial crown pl=20
1/1/1883 3d vio d=topheavy ovpt=3d oc=car on=3d-vio-unissued
4/1/1884 3d lil issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1884 hexagon) wmk=imperial crown perf=14
1887 3d pur pc=yel issue=Jubilee d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 3d) wmk=imperial crown perf=14
1891 3d pur pc=org issue=Jubilee d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 3d) wmk=imperial crown
1/1/1902 3d pur pc=yel issue=1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 3d) wmk=imperial crown perf=14
1911 3d pur issue=1911a d=King Edward VII (1902 3d) wmk=imperial crown perf=15x14
8/1912 3d vio issue=1912e d=King George V (1912 c) wmk=crown & GvR perf=15x14
postage due 1914 3d vio issue=1914 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) perf=14x15
postage due 1924 3d issue=1924 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) perf=14x15
6/1924 3d vio issue=1924 d=King George V (1912 c) wmk=crown & block GvR perf=15x14
1934 3d dkvio issue=1934 d=King George V (1934 c) wmk=crown & block GvR perf=15x14
postage due 1936 3d issue=1936 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) perf=14x15
postage due 1938 3d vio issue=1938 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) wmk=crown & GVIR perf=14x15
1938 3d dkpur issue=1937 d=King George VI (1937 a) wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
5/6/1940 3d dkpur issue=stamp 100th d=Queen Victoria & King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR perf=14.5x14
1941 3d vio issue=1941 d=King George VI (1937 a) wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
6/11/1946 3d vio issue=Peace d=dove & King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
7/29/1948 3d dpvio issue=Olympics 1948 d=torch & Olympic rings & globe wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
10/10/1949 3d brtvio issue=UPU 75th d=UPU emblem & King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
1952 3d dkpur issue=Wilding d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding b) wmk=Tudor crown & E2R
postage due 1954 3d pur issue=1954 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) wmk=Tudor crown & E2R perf=14x15
postage due 11/22/1955 3d vio issue=1955 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) wmk=St Edwards crown & E2R perf=14x15
1956 3d dkpur issue=1955 d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding b) wmk=St Edwards crown & E2R
1958 3d dkpur issue=1958 d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding b) wmk=St Edwards crown mult perf=15x14
1958 3d dkpur issue=graphite d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding b) var=graphite lines wmk=St Edwards crown mult perf=14.5x14
7/18/1958 3d pur issue=6th Commonwealth Games d=Welsh Dragon wmk=St Edwards crown mult
postage due 3/24/1959 3d vio issue=1959 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) wmk=St Edwards crown mult perf=14x15
7/7/1960 3d dplil issue=General Letter Office 300th d=postboy 1660 wmk=St Edwards crown mult
8/28/1961 3d pur&orgbrn issue=Post Office Savings Bank 100th wmk=St Edwards crown mult
11/14/1962 3d ltbl&vio issue=National Productivity Year phosphor d=arrows&map wmk=St Edwards crown mult perf=15x14
11/14/1962 3d blvio&bl issue=National Productivity Year d=arrows&map wmk=St Edwards crown mult
5/16/1963 3d issue=National Nature Week d=flowers wmk=St Edwards crown mult
8/15/1963 3d dplil&red issue=Red Cross 100th wmk=St Edwards crown mult
4/23/1964 3d issue=Shakespeare Festival d=Puck & Bottom in A Midsummer Nights Dream wmk=St Edwards crown mult
8/5/1964 3d dkvio&multi issue=Botanical Congress d=Spring Gentian wmk=St Edwards crown mult
(plus 9 more) (See all uses as list)