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Samoan tālā


Name: Samoan tālā
Defn: 100s=100c=1t=1$=1WS$
Symbol: WS$
Code: WST
Desc:
Units of money:
sene s, c 1
tālā t, $ 100

Users of this currency: Samoa (1235 stamps, 1967-2017)

Denominations used in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
1s 11   7/10/1967 issue=decimal d=Wattled Honey-eater Foulehaio carunculata ... 6/7/1984 issue=Universal Postal Union Congress 1984
2s 14   7/10/1967 issue=decimal d=Pacific Imperial Pigeon  ... 9/28/1983 issue=1983 dt=fruits (1983 Samoa) d=Star fruit
3s 22   7/10/1967 issue=decimal d=Samoan Starling ... 9/28/1983 issue=1983 dt=fruits (1983 Samoa) d=mangosteen (1983)
4s 10   10/18/1972 issue=1972 dt=animals (1972 Samoa) d=Carpilius maculatus (1972) ... 9/28/1983 issue=1983 dt=fruits (1983 Samoa) d=Lychee
5s 9   7/10/1967 issue=decimal d=Samoan broadbill Myiagra albiventris ... 8/1/2002 issue=2002
6s 4   10/11/1977 issue=Christmas 1977 ... 10/22/1979 issue=Christmas 1979
7s 19   7/10/1967 issue=decimal d=Red-headed Parrot-finch Erythrura cyanovirens ... 9/28/1983 issue=1983 dt=fruits (1983 Samoa) d=Passion Fruit
8s 20   11/29/1970 graybl&blk issue=Pope Paul VI visit to Samoa d=Pope Paul VI (1970) ... 9/28/1983 issue=1983 dt=fruits (1983 Samoa) d=mango (1983)
10s 22   7/10/1967 issue=decimal d=purple swamp-hen (Porphyrio porphyrio samoensis) ... 8/1/2002 issue=2002
11s 4   9/15/1978 issue=1978 dt=seashells (1978 Samoa) d=Mole Cowry Capraea talpa ... 9/28/1983 issue=1983 dt=fruits (1983 Samoa) d=pawpaw Carica papaya
12s 20   3/9/1973 issue=Expansion of the Faleolo Airport ... 9/29/1981 issue=Tattooing
13s 5   7/11/1977 issue=Expansion of Telecommunications in Samoa ... 9/28/1983 issue=1983 dt=fruits (1983 Samoa) d=Ananas comosus (1983 Samoa)
14s 9   9/15/1978 issue=1978 dt=seashells (1978 Samoa) d=Soldier Cone Conus miles ... 9/28/1983 issue=1983 dt=fruits (1983 Samoa) d=Artocarpus communis
15s 10   11/2/1981 issue=Christmas 1981 dt=flowers (1981 Samoa) d=Acalypha wilkesiana ... 1/31/1989 dt=orchids (1989 Samoa) d=Phaius flavus
18s 12   1/26/1981 dt=sailing ships (1979 Samoa) d="Horatio" ... 4/8/1991 dt=parrots (1991) d=black-capped lory (1991)
20s 42   7/10/1967 issue=decimal d=Western Barn Owl (1967) ... 12/14/2016 issue=Tourism & Culture d=Landscape with palm-trees
21s 1   9/28/1983 issue=1983 dt=fruits (1983 Samoa) d=Anacardium occidentale (1983 Samoa)
22s 17   4/21/1969 issue=Stevenson death 75th ... 5/20/1977 issue=50th Anniversary of First Translantic Flight by Charles Lindbergh
23s 4   11/2/1981 issue=Christmas 1981 dt=flowers (1981 Samoa) d=Allamanda cathartica (1981) ... 9/20/1982 issue=Commonwealth Games 1982
24s 12   5/20/1977 issue=50th Anniversary of First Translantic Flight by Charles Lindbergh ... 9/1/1980 issue=Afiamalu Satellite Earth Station d=Afiamalu Satellite Earth Station & map of Samoa
$0.25 1   11/6/2005 issue=30th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with China
= 0.25t 1   12/15/2004 issue=Samoan Beauties
= 25s 29   7/10/1967 issue=decimal d=Tooth-billed Pigeon ... 3/14/2005 issue=Savaii Island
26s 17   2/11/1977 issue=25th Anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II ... 3/26/1980 dt=anniversaries (1980)
27s 5   10/28/1980 issue=Christmas 1980 d=Nativity by Pasila Feata ... 9/29/1981 issue=Tattooing
29s 1   2/23/1983 issue=Commonwealth Day 1983
30s 18   10/12/1968 issue=Christmas 1968 ... 12/14/2016 issue=Tourism & Culture d=pirogue
32s 26   2/11/1977 issue=25th Anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II ... 8/13/1986 dt=fishes (1986 Samoa) d=Epinephelus maculatus
34s 2   2/26/1982 issue=250th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington, 9/20/1982 issue=Commonwealth Games 1982
35s 4   8/29/1983 issue=South Pacific Games 1983 ... 8/1/2002 issue=2002
38s 3   4/29/1981 issue=International Year for Disabled Persons dt=Franklin D. Roosevelt ... 11/15/1982 issue=Christmas 1982
40s 7   9/30/1987 issue=200th Anniversary of Australian Settlement d=Abel Janszoon Tasman ... 12/14/2016 issue=Tourism & Culture d=dancers
43s 1   2/23/1983 issue=Commonwealth Day 1983
44s 1   7/20/1982 issue=75th Anniversary of Boy Scout Movement
45s 16   12/1/1986 issue=Christmas 1986 ... 1/31/1989 mar dt=orchids (1989 Samoa) d=Calanthe triplicata (1989)
46s 1   8/29/1983 issue=South Pacific Games 1983
48s 15   8/29/1983 issue=South Pacific Games 1983 ... 8/13/1986 dt=fishes (1986 Samoa) d=Sargocentrum spiniferum
$0.50 1   11/6/2005 issue=30th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with China
= 50C 2   8/29/2014 issue=Small Island Developing States b
= 50s 88   7/10/1967 issue=decimal d=Samoan Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus samoensis ... 12/14/2016 issue=Tourism & Culture d=waterfall
54s 1   6/29/1981 issue=Tourism 1981
55s 3   11/1/1989 issue=Christmas 1989 ... 10/31/1990 issue=Christmas 1990
56s 11   8/29/1983 issue=South Pacific Games 1983 ... 5/22/1986 issue=AMERIPEX '86
60s 44   5/24/1984 issue=250th Anniversary of Lloyd's List ... 9/7/2016 issue=Animals of the World d=nine-banded armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus
65s 7   8/17/1988 issue=1988 dt=birds (1988 Samoa) d=Pachycephala flavifrons ... 1/8/1992 issue=30th Anniversary of Independence
67s 5   1/23/1985 dt=orchids (1985 Samoa) d=Glomera montana ... 8/13/1986 dt=fishes (1986 Samoa) d=Etelis coruscans
70s 48   3/12/1971 issue=INTERPEX 1971 d=Samoa stamp of 1877, canoe, US 1847 5c ... 9/7/2016 issue=Animals of the World d=common eland (2016)
75s 15   8/17/1988 issue=1988 dt=birds (1988 Samoa) d=Ptilinopus percusii ... 11/1/1993 issue=Christmas 1993
80s 15   9/30/1987 issue=200th Anniversary of Australian Settlement d=Comte Louis-Antoine de Bougainville ... 9/7/2016 issue=Animals of the World d=Australian wood duck Chenonetta jubata
85s 8   8/17/1988 issue=1988 dt=birds (1988 Samoa) d=Columba vitiensis ... 10/8/1993 issue=World Post Day 1993
90s 47   2/28/1989 issue=1988 dt=birds (1988 Samoa) d=Egretta sacra (1988 Samoa) ... 12/14/2016 issue=Tourism & Culture d=flying fox
95s 11   4/11/1994 issue=Samoan National Rugby Team ... 5/7/2003 dt=athletes (2003) d=Rita Fatialofa
$1 60   6/20/1979 issue=10th Anniversary of Apollo 11 d=Command Module floating after splashdown ... 12/14/2016 issue=Tourism & Culture d=Female team
= $1.00 11   6/26/1984 issue=Olympics 1984 ... 4/10/2009 issue=Peony Festival 2009 d=Paeonia sp.
= 1$ 4   12/30/2016 issue=Nebulas
= 1t 6   7/10/1967 issue=decimal d=Samoan fantail Rhipidura nebulosa (1967) ... 9/15/1978 issue=1978 dt=seashells (1978 Samoa) d=Conus marmoreus nigrescens
$1.05 3   11/16/1998 issue=Christmas 1998 ... 11/20/2002 dt=ginger (2002) d=Alpinia samoensis
$1.10 2   1/8/2014 issue=Year of the Horse 2014, 9/2/2016 issue=Olympics 2016 d=Athletics
$1.20 10   11/21/1994 issue=100th Anniversary of the Death of Robert Louis Stevenson ... 9/7/2016 issue=Animals of the World d=lesser Jardine's parrot
$1.25 4   9/17/1997 issue=26th Anniversary of Greenpeace d=Tursiops truncatus (1997 Samoa)
$1.40 7   3/31/1998 issue=Diana, Princess of Wales memorial ... 9/18/2002 issue=2002b
$1.50 6   11/1/1993 issue=Christmas 1993 ... 7/23/2014 issue=2014 official b d=Hippocampus histrix
$1.60 2   11/29/2006 issue=Seashells 2006 dt=seashells (2006) d=Cypraea cribraria, 12/14/2007 dt=fruits (2007 Samoa) d=Ananas comosus (2007)
$1.75 3   4/21/2005 issue=PACIFIC EXPLORER 2005 dt=dolphins (2005 Samoa) d=Steno bredanensis (2005) ... 4/21/2006 issue=80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II
$1.85 1   8/1/2002 issue=2002
$1.90 1   2/27/2002 issue=International Year of Ecotourism
$2 68   7/18/1979 issue=1978 dt=cowries (1978) d=Marlinspike Auger Terebra maculata ... 12/14/2016 issue=Tourism & Culture d=Fire dancer
= $2.00 7   11/14/1988 issue=Christmas 1988 d=Bahái Temple Valima ... 5/25/2011 dt=birds (2011 Samoa) d=Ptilinopus perousii
= 2t 3   7/10/1967 issue=decimal d=mao (bird) Gymnomyza samoensis (1967) ... 9/15/1978 issue=1978 dt=seashells (1978 Samoa)
$2.10 8   11/29/2006 issue=Seashells 2006 dt=seashells (2006) d=Cypraea aurantium (2006) ... 12/21/2016 issue=Christmas 2016 d=Christmas tree & gifts
$2.20 1   2/24/2015 issue=Pacific tree boa d=Pacific tree boa
$2.25 2   1/10/2014 issue=Endemic animals 2014 d=Makaira nigricans, 7/23/2014 issue=2014 official b d=Makaira nigricans
$2.30 1   9/20/2006 issue=Humphead Wrasse d=humphead wrasse Cheilinus undulatus (2006)
$2.40 2   11/29/2006 issue=Seashells 2006 dt=seashells (2006) d=Cypraea mauritiana, 12/14/2007 dt=fruits (2007 Samoa) d=Carica papaya (2007 Samoa)
$2.50 24   9/21/1984 issue=AUSIPEX '84 d=Nomad N24 ... 12/14/2016 issue=Tourism & Culture d=Bouquet of feathers on a beach
= 2.50$ 4   12/23/2016 issue=100th Anniversary of the Birth of John F. Kennedy
$2.60 1   9/2/2016 issue=Olympics 2016 d=Canoeing-Sprint
$2.70 20   9/2/2009 dt=birds (2009 Samoa) ... 12/14/2016 issue=Tourism & Culture d=Palm-trees
$3 48   7/18/1979 issue=1978 dt=cowries (1978) d=Lambis scorpius (1979) ... 12/14/2016 issue=Tourism & Culture d=Palm-trees
= $3.00 9   12/12/2001 issue=2001 dt=butterflies (2001 Samoa) d=Eurema hecabe (2001) ... 8/29/2014 issue=United Nations Small Islands Developing States d=Stone Seawall at Lalomanu
= 3t 1   9/15/1978 issue=1978 dt=seashells (1978 Samoa)
$3.10 2   11/29/2006 issue=Seashells 2006 dt=seashells (2006) d=Ovula ovum (2006), 12/14/2007 dt=fruits (2007 Samoa) d=Mangifera indica (2007)
$3.50 2   1/10/2014 issue=Endemic animals 2014 d=Cheilinus undulatus (2014), 7/23/2014 issue=2014 official b d=Cheilinus undulatus (2014)
$3.60 5   9/20/2006 issue=Humphead Wrasse d=humphead wrasse Cheilinus undulatus (2006) ... 9/7/2016 issue=Animals of the World d=koala (2016)
$3.70 4   9/4/2015 issue=40th anniversary of China - Samoa diplomatic relations d=Samoan Government Building ... 3/7/2016 issue=Pacific marine life 2016 d=Brydes Whale Balaenoptera brydei
$3.90 14   5/29/2013 issue=Endemic animals d=Lalage sharpei ... 12/14/2016 issue=Tourism & Culture d=taro Colocasia esculenta
$4 32   9/28/1983 issue=1983 dt=fruits (1983 Samoa) d=Citrus paradisi ... 11/16/2015 blk issue=Longest reigning British Monarch d=Queen Elizabeth II Prince Philip
= $4.00 14   11/20/2002 dt=ginger (2002) d=Hedychium flavescens ... 12/14/2016 issue=Tourism & Culture d=Shore with palm-trees
= 4.00t 1   12/15/2004 issue=Samoan Beauties
= 4$ 1   12/30/2016 issue=Nebulas
= 4t 2   7/10/1967 issue=decimal d=Samoan white-eye Zosterops samoensis, 3/27/1974 issue=1972 dt=animals (1972 Samoa) d=Makaira indica
$4.20 1   9/2/2016 issue=Olympics 2016 d=weightlifting
$4.70 3   9/4/2015 issue=40th anniversary of China - Samoa diplomatic relations d=Presidents of Samoa & PR China ... 3/7/2016 issue=Pacific marine life 2016 d=staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis
$5 32   8/26/1980 issue=1978 d=Harpa major (1980) ... 12/14/2016 issue=Tourism & Culture d=Herd of cattle & shepherd
= $5.00 4   7/20/1999 issue=30th Anniversary of First Manned Landing on Moon d=Minisheet (90 x 80mm) ... 5/25/2011 dt=birds (2011 Samoa) d=Ptilinopus perousii
= 5t 2   6/30/1975 issue=1972 dt=animals (1972 Samoa), 9/15/1978 issue=1978 dt=seashells (1978 Samoa)
$5.10 1   9/2/2016 issue=Olympics 2016 d=judo (2016)
$5.40 2   9/4/2015 issue=40th anniversary of China - Samoa diplomatic relations d=Samoas Independence Celebrations 2015, 3/7/2016 issue=Pacific marine life 2016 d=Masked Booby Sula dactylatra (2016)
$5.50 6   1/10/2014 issue=Endemic animals 2014 d=Isurus oxyrinchus (2014) ... 8/10/2016 issue=Year of the Rooster 2017
$6 6   3/19/1999 issue=AUSTRALIA '99 ... 7/23/2014 issue=2014 official a d=Numenius tahitiensis
$6.25 2   3/16/2015 issue=Threatened Species d=Brown-marbled grouper Epinephelus fuscoguttatus, 3/7/2016 issue=Pacific marine life 2016 d=Galapagos shark Carcharhinus galapagensis
$6.50 1   7/23/2014 issue=2014 official b d=Emoia samoensis
$6.60 3   1/10/2014 issue=Endemic animals 2014 d=Emoia samoensis ... 9/25/2015 issue=Year of the Monkey 2016
$7 4   1/10/2014 issue=Endemic animals 2014 d=Hippopus hippopus ... 8/10/2016 issue=Year of the Rooster 2017
$7.50 2   5/29/2013 issue=Endemic animals d=Pterodroma brevipes, 7/23/2014 issue=2014 official a d=Pterodroma brevipes
$8 2   5/29/2013 issue=Endemic animals d=Pteropus samoensis, 7/23/2014 issue=2014 official a d=Pteropus samoensis
$9 2   1/10/2014 issue=Endemic animals 2014 d=Eretmochelys imbricata (2014), 7/23/2014 issue=2014 official b d=Eretmochelys imbricata
$10 15   7/31/1989 issue=1988 dt=birds (1988 Samoa) d=Gygis alba (1988 Samoa) ... 12/14/2016 issue=Tourism & Culture d=Bromeliad
= $10.00 1   8/1/2002 issue=2002
$12.50 6   5/29/2013 issue=Endemic animals d=Gallicolumba stairi ... 9/15/2015 issue=Butterflies 2015 d=Blue Tiger Butterfly Tirumala limniace
$12.90 2   6/24/2015 issue=Royal Baby d=Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge, 3/7/2016 issue=Pacific marine life 2016 d=great frigatebird Fregata minor (2016)
$15 3   5/29/2013 issue=Endemic animals d=Gymnomyza samoensis ... 3/18/2016 issue=Overprints 2016 d=MiWS 959 surcharged
$19.25 1   3/7/2016 issue=Pacific marine life 2016 d=Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus (2016)
$20 6   7/31/1989 issue=1988 dt=birds (1988 Samoa) d=Diomedea cauta ... 12/14/2016 issue=Tourism & Culture d=View of Apia
$25 2   1/10/2014 issue=Endemic animals 2014 d=Carcharhinus longimanus, 7/23/2014 issue=2014 official b d=Carcharhinus longimanus
$30 1   3/31/2017
$40 1   7/15/1996 issue=100th Anniversary of Modern Olympic Games d=Javelin throw
$45 1   3/16/2015 issue=Threatened Species d=whale shark Rhincodon typus (2015)
$56.25 3   9/15/2015 issue=Butterflies 2015 d=Orange Lacewing Butterfly Cethosia penthesilea
$75 3   9/15/2015 issue=Butterflies 2015 d=Brown Pansy Butterfly Junonia hedonia

Used by 1235 stamps: (See all uses as list)
Samoa 7/10/1967 1s issue=decimal d=Wattled Honey-eater Foulehaio carunculata wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 7/10/1967 2s issue=decimal d=Pacific Imperial Pigeon  wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 7/10/1967 3s issue=decimal d=Samoan Starling wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 7/10/1967 5s issue=decimal d=Samoan broadbill Myiagra albiventris wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 7/10/1967 7s issue=decimal d=Red-headed Parrot-finch Erythrura cyanovirens wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 7/10/1967 10s issue=decimal d=purple swamp-hen (Porphyrio porphyrio samoensis) wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 7/10/1967 20s issue=decimal d=Western Barn Owl (1967) wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 7/10/1967 25s issue=decimal d=Tooth-billed Pigeon wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 7/10/1967 50s issue=decimal d=Samoan Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus samoensis wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 7/10/1967 1t issue=decimal d=Samoan fantail Rhipidura nebulosa (1967) wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 7/10/1967 2t issue=decimal d=mao (bird) Gymnomyza samoensis (1967) wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 7/10/1967 4t issue=decimal d=Samoan white-eye Zosterops samoensis wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 11/27/1967 3s issue=health service d=Child Care wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 11/27/1967 25s issue=health service d=Apia Hospital wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 11/27/1967 20s issue=health service d=Mobile X-ray unit wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 11/27/1967 7s issue=health service d=Leprosarium wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 1/1/1968 2s issue=independence 6th d=Thomas Trood wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 1/1/1968 7s issue=independence 6th d=Wilhelm Solf wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 1/1/1968 20s issue=independence 6th d=John C. Williams wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 1/1/1968 25s issue=independence 6th d=Fritz Marquardt wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 2/15/1968 3s issue=agriculture d=cocoa wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 2/15/1968 5s issue=agriculture d=breadfruit (1968) wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 2/15/1968 10s issue=agriculture d=copra (1968) wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 2/15/1968 20s issue=agriculture d=bananas (1968) wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
Samoa 4/22/1968 7s issue=South Pacific Commission 21st d=street vendors wmk=kava bowl & WS perf=11
... skipping 1185 ...
Samoa 12/14/2016 $1 issue=Tourism & Culture d=Female team
Samoa 12/14/2016 $2 issue=Tourism & Culture d=Fire dancer
Samoa 12/14/2016 $2.10 issue=Tourism & Culture d=Boats on sea
Samoa 12/14/2016 $2.50 issue=Tourism & Culture d=Bouquet of feathers on a beach
Samoa 12/14/2016 $2.70 issue=Tourism & Culture d=Palm-trees
Samoa 12/14/2016 $3 issue=Tourism & Culture d=Palm-trees
Samoa 12/14/2016 $3.90 issue=Tourism & Culture d=taro Colocasia esculenta
Samoa 12/14/2016 $4.00 issue=Tourism & Culture d=Shore with palm-trees
Samoa 12/14/2016 $5 issue=Tourism & Culture d=Herd of cattle & shepherd
Samoa 12/14/2016 $10 issue=Tourism & Culture d=Bromeliad
Samoa 12/14/2016 $20 issue=Tourism & Culture d=View of Apia
Samoa 12/21/2016 $2.10 issue=Christmas 2016 d=Christmas tree & gifts
Samoa 12/21/2016 $2.10 issue=Christmas 2016 d=Baubles & shells
Samoa 12/21/2016 $2.10 issue=Christmas 2016 d=Christmas parcel
Samoa 12/21/2016 $2.10 issue=Christmas 2016 d=Beach chairs with Santa hats
Samoa 12/23/2016 2.50$ issue=100th Anniversary of the Birth of John F. Kennedy
Samoa 12/23/2016 2.50$ issue=100th Anniversary of the Birth of John F. Kennedy
Samoa 12/23/2016 2.50$ issue=100th Anniversary of the Birth of John F. Kennedy
Samoa 12/23/2016 2.50$ issue=100th Anniversary of the Birth of John F. Kennedy
Samoa 12/30/2016 1$ issue=Nebulas
Samoa 12/30/2016 1$ issue=Nebulas
Samoa 12/30/2016 1$ issue=Nebulas
Samoa 12/30/2016 1$ issue=Nebulas
Samoa 12/30/2016 4$ issue=Nebulas
Samoa 3/31/2017 $30

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