Western Samoa pound

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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
1£	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£	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
5£	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

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