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Western Samoa pound


Name: Western Samoa pound
Defn: 240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb
Symbol: £
Code:
Desc: actually sterling before 1914
Units of money:
penny (pl: pence) p 1
shilling sh 12
pound lb 240

Users of this currency: Samoa (220 stamps, 1877-1967)

Denominations used in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
1/2p 14   1886 brnvio issue=1886 d=palms (1886) ... 3/10/1952 orgbrn&cl issue=1952 d=making siapo
1p 21   1877 bl issue=1877 d=express ... 3/2/1966 issue=deep-sea wharf d=Aerial view of deep sea wharf
1 1/2d 2   1/28/1895 dkorg issue=1895 surcharges
= 1 1/2p 5   1917 gray issue=1916 d=King George V (1915 New Zealand) ovpt=SAMOA. oc=red on=issuer=New Zealand-1 1/2d-gray ... 8/29/1939 redbrn&bl issue=New Zealand control 25th d=Map of Western Samoa (1939)
2p 15   1877 lilrose issue=1877 d=express ... 7/2/1962 issue=independence d=Samoa College
2 1/2d 4   1898 grn issue=1898 surcharges
= 2 1/2p 12   1886 rose issue=1886 d=palms (1886) ... 1948 issue=1944 d=Samoan chief and wife
3d 2   1/20/1895 dkorg issue=1895 surcharges
= 3p 12   1877 ver issue=1877 d=express ... 1/16/1967 issue=independence 5th d=Tuatagaloa
4d 0  
= 4p 12   1886 bl issue=1886 d=palms (1886) ... 7/4/1966 issue=WHO HQ d=WHO building & flag
5d 3   11/1/1893 bl issue=1893 d=palms (1886) ovpt=FIVE//PENCE//bar(small) oc=blk on=1887-4d
= 5p 7   1894 ver d=flag ... 3/10/1952 grn&brn issue=1952 d=Tooth-billed Pigeon Didunculus strigirostris
6d 19   1877 vio issue=1877 d=express ... 7/4/1966 issue=WHO HQ d=WHO building & flag
7d 1   8/29/1939 dkgrn&dkvio issue=New Zealand control 25th d=Robert Louis Stevenson
8d 11   12/23/1921 mar issue=1921 d=British flag & Samoan house ... 5/16/1967 issue=Mulinu'u 100th d=Samoan Fales
8d+6d 1   9/1/1966 issue=Hurricane Relief Fund d=Faleolo Airport ovpt=HURRICANE RELIEF//6d oc=blk on=issue=1965-8d
9p 3   1877 yelbrn issue=1877 d=express ... 12/23/1921 olgrn issue=1921 d=British flag & Samoan house
1sh 17   1877 yel issue=1877 d=express ... 5/16/1967 issue=Mulinu'u 100th d=Parliament house (1967)
1sh3p 1   7/2/1962 grn&bl issue=independence d=Government House Vailima
2sh 12   1877 brn issue=1877 d=express ... 1/16/1967 issue=independence 5th d=T. L. To'omata
2sh6p 9   1886 pur issue=1886 d=palms (1886) ... 7/2/1962 issue=independence d=flag of Samoa (1962)
3sh 9   9/3/1914 blkvio issue=British occupation d=yacht (high value) ovpt=G.R.I.//3 Shillings. oc=blk on=3m ... 1/16/1967 issue=independence 5th d=Faalavaau Galu
5sh 8   1877 yelgrn issue=1877 d=express ... 7/2/1962 issue=independence d=State Seal
10sh 5   9/20/1914 redbrn issue=1914 postal fiscal ... 11/14/1955 viobl issue=1955 d=Queen Elizabeth II mounted ovpt=WESTERN//SAMOA oc=bl on=issuer=New Zealand-10sh
2   9/20/1914 rose issue=1914 postal fiscal, 1932 rose issue=1932 postal fiscal
= 1lb 4   1935 rose issue=1935 postal fiscal ovpt=WESTERN//SAMOA. oc=blk on=issuer=New Zealand-1lb ... 11/14/1955 rose issue=1955 ovpt=WESTERN//SAMOA oc=bl on=issuer=New Zealand-1lb
30sh 1   1948 issue=1945
2   9/20/1914 vio issue=1914 postal fiscal, 1932 vio issue=1932 postal fiscal
= 2lb 2   1935 issue=1935 postal fiscal ovpt=WESTERN//SAMOA. oc=blk on=issuer=New Zealand-2lb, 1945 vio issue=1945
3lb 1   1950 ltgrn issue=1945
1   1932 dkbl issue=1932 postal fiscal
= 5lb 2   1935 dkbl issue=1935 postal fiscal ovpt=WESTERN//SAMOA. oc=blk on=issuer=New Zealand-5lb-dkbl, 1950 dkbl issue=1945

Used by 220 stamps: (See all uses as list)
Samoa 1877 2p lilrose issue=1877 d=express
Samoa 1877 3p ver issue=1877 d=express
Samoa 1877 6d vio issue=1877 d=express
Samoa 1877 9p yelbrn issue=1877 d=express
Samoa 1877 1sh yel issue=1877 d=express
Samoa 1877 2sh brn issue=1877 d=express
Samoa 1877 5sh yelgrn issue=1877 d=express
Samoa 1877 1p bl issue=1877 d=express
Samoa 1886 6d mar issue=1886 d=palms (1886) wmk=NZ & star (far) perf=12.5
Samoa 1886 2sh6p pur issue=1886 d=palms (1886) wmk=NZ & star (far) perf=12.5
Samoa 1886 1sh rose issue=1886 d=palms (1886) wmk=NZ & star (far) perf=12.5
Samoa 1886 4p bl issue=1886 d=palms (1886) wmk=NZ & star (far) perf=12.5
Samoa 1886 2 1/2p rose issue=1886 d=palms (1886) wmk=NZ & star (far) perf=12.5
Samoa 1886 2p org issue=1886 d=palms (1886) wmk=NZ & star (far) perf=12.5
Samoa 1886 1p grn issue=1886 d=palms (1886) wmk=NZ & star (far) perf=12.5
Samoa 1886 1/2p brnvio issue=1886 d=palms (1886) wmk=NZ & star (far) perf=12.5
Samoa 1887 1/2p brnvio issue=1886 d=palms (1886) wmk=NZ & star (far) perf=12x11.5
Samoa 1887 1p grn issue=1886 d=palms (1886) wmk=NZ & star (far) perf=12x11.5
Samoa 1887 2p org issue=1886 d=palms (1886) wmk=NZ & star (far) perf=12x11.5
Samoa 1887 2 1/2p rose issue=1886 d=King Malletoa Laupera perf=12x11.5
Samoa 1887 4p bl issue=1886 d=palms (1886) wmk=NZ & star (far) perf=12x11.5
Samoa 1887 6d mar issue=1886 d=palms (1886) wmk=NZ & star (far) perf=12x11.5
Samoa 1887 1sh rose issue=1886 d=palms (1886) wmk=NZ & star (far) perf=12x11.5
Samoa 1887 2sh6p pur issue=1886 d=palms (1886) wmk=NZ & star (far) perf=12x11.5
Samoa 11/1/1893 5d bl issue=1893 d=palms (1886) ovpt=FIVE//PENCE//bar(small) oc=blk on=1887-4d wmk=NZ & star (far) perf=12x11.5
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Samoa 9/1/1964 2sh issue=friendship treaty 2nd perf=11
Samoa 9/1/1964 3sh issue=friendship treaty 2nd perf=11
Samoa 10/4/1965 1p brnvio&brn issue=1965 d=Woman holding ceremonial mat wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 10/4/1965 3p issue=1965 d=public library wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 10/4/1965 4p issue=1965 d=Fono House Parliament wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 10/4/1965 6d issue=1965 d=Map of Western Samoa (1965) wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 10/4/1965 8d issue=1965 d=Faleolo Airport wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 10/4/1965 1sh grn&brn issue=1965 d=Talking chief with fly whisk wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa airmail 12/29/1965 8d issue=1965 air d=Phaethon rubricauda (1965) wmk=kava bowl & WS
Samoa airmail 12/29/1965 2sh issue=1965 air d=Cypselurus sp. wmk=kava bowl & WS
Samoa 3/2/1966 1p issue=deep-sea wharf d=Aerial view of deep sea wharf wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 3/2/1966 8d issue=deep-sea wharf wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 3/2/1966 2sh issue=deep-sea wharf wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 3/2/1966 3sh issue=deep-sea wharf wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 7/4/1966 3p issue=WHO HQ d=WHO building & flag wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 7/4/1966 4p issue=WHO HQ d=WHO building & flag wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 7/4/1966 6d issue=WHO HQ d=WHO building & flag wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 7/4/1966 1sh issue=WHO HQ d=WHO building & flag wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa semipostal 9/1/1966 8d+6d issue=Hurricane Relief Fund d=Faleolo Airport ovpt=HURRICANE RELIEF//6d oc=blk on=issue=1965-8d wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 1/16/1967 3p issue=independence 5th d=Tuatagaloa wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 1/16/1967 8d issue=independence 5th d=F. C. F. Nelson wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 1/16/1967 2sh issue=independence 5th d=T. L. To'omata wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 1/16/1967 3sh issue=independence 5th d=Faalavaau Galu wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 5/16/1967 8d issue=Mulinu'u 100th d=Samoan Fales wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 5/16/1967 1sh issue=Mulinu'u 100th d=Parliament house (1967) wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11

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