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20sh denom (#9766)

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Desc: 20sh

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

Numerical sorting value: 14400


Equivalent denoms: (3), 1lb (88)

Users of this denom: New South Wales (6 stamps, 1888-1905), Queensland (1 stamp, 1881), Niger Coast Protectorate (3 stamps, 1893)

Used by 10 stamps: (See all uses as list)

Queensland 1881 20sh rose issue=1881 d=Queen Victoria (1860 Queensland) wmk=crown & Q perf=12 paper=white wove
New South Wales 4/27/1888 20sh ultra d=Captain Arthur Phillip & Lord Carrington wmk=5/- perf=10
New South Wales official 1889 20sh ultra issue=1890 official d=Captain Arthur Phillip & Lord Carrington oc=blk on=1890-20sh wmk=20/- & NSW in circle perf=10
New South Wales official 1889 20sh ultra issue=1889 official d=Captain Arthur Phillip & Lord Carrington oc=blk on=1888-20sh wmk=5/- perf=10
New South Wales 1890 20sh ultra d=Captain Arthur Phillip & Lord Carrington wmk=20/- & NSW in circle perf=10
New South Wales postage due 1/1/1891 20sh ltgrn issue=1891 due a d=numeral (1891 due)
Niger Coast Protectorate 12/1893 20sh issue=1893e oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1892-1sh
Niger Coast Protectorate 12/1893 20sh issue=1893e oc=red on=issuer=Great Britain-1892-1sh
Niger Coast Protectorate 12/1893 20sh issue=1893e oc=vio on=issuer=Great Britain-1892-1sh
New South Wales 12/1905 20sh bl issue=1905 d=Captain Arthur Phillip & Lord Carrington wmk=crown & A in circle perf=13