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1978 issue of Samoa

  • Colnect-2613-284-Thick-edged-Cowry-Cypraea-caurica.jpg
  • Colnect-2613-285-Isabella-Cowry-Cypraea-isabella.jpg
  • Colnect-2613-286-Money-Cowry-Cypraea-moneta.jpg
  • Colnect-2613-301-Eroded-Cowry-Cypraea-erosa.jpg
  • Colnect-2613-287-Honey-Cowry-Cypraea-helvola.jpg
  • Colnect-2613-288-Banded-Cowrie-Cypraea-asellus.jpg
  • Colnect-2613-290-Mole-Cowry-Capraea-talpa.jpg
  • Colnect-2613-291-Children-s-Cowry-Cypraea-childreni.jpg
  • Colnect-2613-292-Flag-Cone-Conus-vexillium.jpg
  • Colnect-2613-293-Soldier-Cone-Conus-miles.jpg
  • Colnect-2613-294-Cloth-of-gold---Textile-Cone-Conus-textile.jpg
  • Colnect-2613-295-Lettered-Cone-Conus-litteratus.jpg
  • Colnect-2613-296-Tiled-Cone-Conus-tesselatus-.jpg
  • Colnect-2613-297-Black-Marble-Cone-Conus-marmoreus-nigrescens.jpg
  • Colnect-2613-298-Marlinspike-Auger-Terebra-maculata.jpg
  • Colnect-2613-299-Scorpion-Spider-Conch-Lambis-scorpius.jpg
  • Colnect-2613-300-Major-Harp-Harpa-major.jpg
Short desc: 1978

Issuer: Samoa
Dates: 9/15/1978 - 8/26/1980
Sort position: 6


Consists of 21 stamps: (See stamps as list)

1s dt=seashells (1978 Samoa) d=thick-edged cowrie perf=12.5
2s dt=seashells (1978 Samoa) d=Isabella Cowry Cypraea isabella perf=12.5
3s dt=seashells (1978 Samoa) d=Money Cowry Cypraea moneta perf=12.5
4s dt=seashells (1978 Samoa) d=Eroded Cowry Cypraea erosa perf=12.5
6s dt=seashells (1978 Samoa) d=Honey Cowry Cypraea helvola perf=12.5
7s dt=seashells (1978 Samoa) d=Banded Cowrie Cypraea asellus perf=12.5
10s dt=seashells (1978 Samoa) d=Cypraea globulus perf=12.5
11s dt=seashells (1978 Samoa) d=Mole Cowry Capraea talpa perf=12.5
12s dt=seashells (1978 Samoa) d=Childrens Cowry Cypraea childreni perf=12.5
13s dt=seashells (1978 Samoa) d=Flag Cone Conus vexillium perf=12.5
14s dt=seashells (1978 Samoa) d=Soldier Cone Conus miles perf=12.5
24s dt=seashells (1978 Samoa) d=Cloth-of-gold Textile Cone Conus textile perf=12.5
26s dt=seashells (1978 Samoa) d=Lettered Cone Conus litteratus perf=12.5
50s dt=seashells (1978 Samoa) d=Conus tesselatus perf=12.5
1t dt=seashells (1978 Samoa) d=Conus marmoreus nigrescens perf=12.5
2t dt=seashells (1978 Samoa)
7/18/1979 $2 dt=cowries (1978) d=Marlinspike Auger Terebra maculata
3t dt=seashells (1978 Samoa)
7/18/1979 $3 dt=cowries (1978) d=Lambis scorpius (1979)
5t dt=seashells (1978 Samoa)
8/26/1980 $5 d=Harpa major (1980)

All are wmk=kava bowl & WS

Issues with this name: Anguilla, Argentina (1981), Austria, Bermuda, Botswana, Cayman Islands, China, ROC, Egypt, Falkland Islands, Isle of Man, Guyana, Iran, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Mauritius, Nauru, Niue, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Portugal, Rhodesia, St. KittsNevis, Samoa, Turks & Caicos Islands, United Nations, Venezuela


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