New Samoan Stamps
p. 17 · Read in the full issue
ACCORDING to a recent issue of the “Australian Stamp Journal,” the Administration of Western Samoa is prepar ing to issue a new pictorial set of stamps.
All the stamps will bear the inscription “Western Samoa,” and will portray typical Samoan scenes.
The values and designs are: ½ d, Samoan girl and kava bowl; 1d, waterfront at Apia; 2d, river scene, Apia; natives and native house; 4d, Samoan canoe and native house; 6d, Vailima (Stevenson’s home and the present residence of the Administrator); 1/-, Stevenson’s tomb; 2/-, Lake Lanuto’o; 3/-, Falefa Falls.
The designs of the 1d, 2d, 4d, 1/-, 2/- and 3/stamps were submitted by Mr. J. Berry, of Wel lington, New Zealand. The ½ d was designed by Mr. L. C. Mitchell, and the 6d by Mr. W. J.
Cooch, both of Wellington. For the remaining denomination, the 2½ d, an amalgamation of designs submitted by Mr. Berry and Mr. Mitchell, has been employed.
The drawings were made from photographs, de picting various Samoan subjects of interest, selected by the Department of External Affairs. The dies and plates will be prepared in England, but it has not yet been decided whether the photogravure or engraving process will be adopted.