First of all, in Brit-speak, “pence” is the plural of “penny”. “Pences” is not a word. For unknown reasons, they abbreviated pence using the letter “d”.
Kenya issued a set of stamps commemorating independence, and a year later, a set commemorating the official transition to a republic. Both of those sets of stamps were denominated in shillings and cents, not shillings and pence.
Prior to independence, Kenya issued no stamps, but used stamps marked “Kenya Uganda Tanzania”, which could be used in all of those areas. These were issued by an agency of the British colonial government, and were still issued after Kenya became independent. Presumably, one could use either type. These stamps were denominated in shillings and cents.
It’s quite possible that British (shillings/pence) currency was used interchangably with the local (shillings/cents) currency.
It’s also possible that there was some confusion in the printing of these forms (they may well have been printed in Mother England).
If other similar forms ever do show up that are known to be genuine, then we can feel better about this one.
It’s not looking good though, as much as I would like to see the King nailed on something.
It’s quite possible that British (shillings/pence) currency was used interchangably with the local (shillings/cents) currency.
It’s also possible that there was some confusion in the printing of these forms (they may well have been printed in Mother England).
If other similar forms ever do show up that are known to be genuine, then we can feel better about this one.
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Thanks for the clarifications and my poor recollection of the King’s English...:)
Your two suggestions seem plausible - especially as they were Brits administering Kenyans. Perhaps the designations were biased toward Great Britain, on government matters.
It certainly would help to see other forms from this era.
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“It’s not looking good though, as much as I would like to see the King nailed on something.”
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I hope something still comes of this - as bammy’s the one lying and or committing high crimes here.
I don't know the derivation for that abbreviation, but it's still used for the word "penny" in the sizing of nails, as in "10d nails", meaning "10 penny nails".
Pounds/Shillings and Pence
Symbols used were:
L/S/D
The pound currency symbol is a stylized L with a bar through it.
librae = Pound
solidi = Shilling
denarii = pence/cents
7/6 = 7s 6d = 7 and 6