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Obverse Description
Horizontal red BANK OF WESTERN SAMOA / Legal tender in Western Samoa by virtue of the Bank of Western Samoa Ordinance 1959 overprint; English text; palm trees, people, and boat at shoreline
Reverse Description
Horizontal red BANK OF WESTERN SAMOA / Legal tender in Western Samoa by virtue of the Bank of Western Samoa Ordinance 1959 overprint; English text; guilloches
Catalog Information
GSID:
189492
Variety:
December 22nd 1959 TWS Sig 12: Powles/Cook
BNB #:
B301a1
Pick #:
P10
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Request Pricing 08 12 1960 TWS Sig 13: Paul/Cook Original sig title HIGH COMMISSIONER blocked out with MINISTER OF FINANCE below
1 May 1961 TWS Sig 14: Betham/Heller
No date (1959 in ordinance ovpt) Without HIGH COMMISSIONER title
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; s/n range
10th DECEMBER 1959 TWS Sig 12: Powles/Cook
8th NOVEMBER, 1960 TWS Sig 13: Paul/Cook Original sig title HIGH COMMISSIONER blocked out with MINISTER OF FINANCE below
1 MAY 1961 TWS Sig 14: Betham/Heller
1st MAY 1961 Without HIGH COMMISSIONER title at left
Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; no date; no sig ; s/n range
1st MAY 1961 TWS Sig 14: Betham/Heller
No ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; s/n range
No date Sig 1: Maitland No prefix Intro: 1963
Prefix T Reprinted in 2020
Monochrome proof on oversized paper
Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; all-zero s/n
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