Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (Victoria usage only)

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Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (Victoria usage only)

Name: Pound sterling (pre-decimal)
Defn: 240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb
Symbol: £
Code:
Desc: The British pound
First year: 1840
Units of money:
penny (pl: pence) d, p 1
shilling sh, s 12
pound lb 240

Users of this currency: Antigua (103 stamps, 1862-1949), New South Wales (197 stamps, 3000-1907), Queensland (157 stamps, 1860-1909), South Australia (209 stamps, 1855-1912), Tasmania (114 stamps, 3000-1912), Victoria (238 stamps, 1850-1912), Western Australia (97 stamps, 1854-1912), Barbuda (11 stamps, 1922), British Antarctic Territory (24 stamps, 1963-1969), British Honduras (17 stamps, 1866-1887), British Columbia & Vancouver Island (2 stamps, 1860), British Columbia (2 stamps, 1865), Cayman Islands (230 stamps, 1900-1969), Ceylon (64 stamps, 1857-1868), Cyprus (9 stamps, 1880-1881), Dominica (115 stamps, 1874-1948), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (111 stamps, 1911-1966), Great Britain (877 stamps, 1840-1971), Northern Ireland (12 stamps, 1958-1969), Scotland (13 stamps, 1958-1970), Wales (12 stamps, 1958-1969), British forces in Africa (20 stamps, 1942-1947), British forces in Somalia (9 stamps, 1943-1946), British offices in Morocco, British currency (80 stamps, 1907-1956), British offices in Tangier (111 stamps, 1927-1957), British offices in the Turkish Empire (23 stamps, 1905-1921), Guernsey (47 stamps, 1958-1970), German occupation of Guernsey (5 stamps, 1941-1942), Jersey (39 stamps, 1958-1970), German occupation of Jersey (8 stamps, 1941-1943), Isle of Man (7 stamps, 1958-1969), Grenada (156 stamps, 1861-1948), Ionian Islands (3 stamps, 1859), Lagos (60 stamps, 1874-1905), Leeward Islands (115 stamps, 1890-1949), British consulate in Madagascar (59 stamps, 1884-1886), Mauritius (45 stamps, 1847-1876), Montserrat (125 stamps, 1876-1949), Natal (128 stamps, 1857-1908), Nauru (58 stamps, 1916-1965), Nevis (33 stamps, 1861-1890), New Britain (53 stamps, 1914-1915), New Hebrides (Br) (51 stamps, 1908-1925), Niger Coast Protectorate (62 stamps, 1892-1898), Northern Nigeria (51 stamps, 1900-1912), St. Christopher (23 stamps, 1870-1890), St. KittsNevis (98 stamps, 1903-1950), St. Lucia (137 stamps, 1860-1948), St. Vincent (160 stamps, 1861-1948), Sierra Leone (305 stamps, 1859-1964), Southern Nigeria (57 stamps, 1901-1912), South Georgia (16 stamps, 1963-1969), Tobago (31 stamps, 1879-1896), Trinidad (116 stamps, 1851-1910), Trinidad & Tobago (54 stamps, 1913-1928), Tristan da Cunha (131 stamps, 1952-1970), Turks Islands (46 stamps, 1867-1895), Turks & Caicos Islands (180 stamps, 1900-1968), Virgin Islands (94 stamps, 1866-1949), Zululand (26 stamps, 1888-1896) Show with all usages

Denominations used by Victoria in this currency:

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
1/2d	14	7/19/1873 grn oc=blk on=1863-1p-grn ... 1906 yelgrn&rose d=numeral (1890 due)
1d	4	1860 yelgrn issue=1860 d=Queen Victoria ... 6/5/1868 grn issue=1868 d=Queen Victoria (1863 Victoria)
= 1p	34	1/5/1850 rose issue=1850a d=Queen Victoria (1850) ... 7/1/1912 vio d=Queen Victoria (1901 Victoria 2d) ovpt=ONE PENNY oc=blk on=1905-2p-vio
1 1/2p	3	1897 yelgrn d=Queen Victoria (1897 1 1/2p) ... 6/1901 red pc=yel issue=1901b postage d=Queen Victoria (1901 Victoria 1 1/2d)
2d	7	1860 lilbrn issue=1860 d=Queen Victoria ... 1/28/1870 lil d=Queen Victoria (1870 Victoria)
= 2p	29	1/5/1850 yelbrn issue=1850b d=Queen Victoria (1850) ... 1906 yelgrn&rose d=numeral (1890 due)
2 1/2d	5	1890 brnred pc=yel issue=1890 d=Queen Victoria (1890 2 1/2d) ... 1905 bl issue=1905 d=Queen Victoria (1901 Victoria 2 1/2d)
3d	16	1/5/1850 ind issue=1850a d=Queen Victoria (1850) ... 1905 brnorg issue=1905 d=Queen Victoria (1901 Victoria 3d)
4d	21	1857 ver d=Queen Victoria & emblems ... 1906 yelgrn&rose d=numeral (1890 due)
= 4p	8	1857 rose issue=1857f d=Perf: 12 ... 1/26/1857 red issue=1857b
5d	5	1890 cl&bl d=numeral (1890 due) ... 1905 choc issue=1905 d=Queen Victoria (1901 Victoria 5d)
6d	11	1854 redorg d=Queen Victoria (1854 Victoria) ... 6/18/1870 bl d=Queen Victoria (1868 Victoria 6d)
= 6p	18	1854 org d=Queen Victoria (1854 Victoria) ... 1905 emer issue=1905 d=Queen Victoria (1901 Victoria 6d)
8d	4	2/22/1865 org issue=1863 d=Queen Victoria (1863 Victoria) ... 1884 rose pc=rose issue=1884 dt=Queen Victoria (1884) d=Queen Victoria
9d	1	4/22/1850 ovpt=9 9//NINEPENCE oc=blk on=issue=1863-10d
= 9p	7	1875 brn pc=rose d=Queen Victoria (Victoria 9d) ... 1905 carrose issue=1905 d=Queen Victoria (1901 Victoria 9d)
10d	3	10/20/1865 brn issue=1863 d=Queen Victoria laureated ... 1894 blgrn&rose d=numeral (1890 due)
1sh	19	1854 bl d=Queen Victoria (1854 octagon) ... 1908 yel issue=1905 d=Queen Victoria (1901 Victoria 1sh)
1sh6p	2	1889 bl issue=1886 d=Queen Victoria (1886 Victoria 1sh6p)
2sh	14	1854 grn d=Queen Victoria (1854 Victoria) ... 6/1901 bl pc=rose issue=1901b postage d=Queen Victoria (1901 Victoria 2sh)
5sh	9	12/26/1867 ultra&rose issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (1867 Victoria 5sh) ... 1905 red&ultra issue=1905 d=Queen Victoria (1901 Victoria 5sh)
1lb	2	1901 dprose d=King Edward VII (1901), 1907 palered issue=1905 d=King Edward VII (1901)
2lb	2	1902 dkbl d=King Edward VII (1902 Victoria), 1905 bl issue=1905 d=King Edward VII (1905 Victoria)

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