THE FORMAT INTERNATIONAL SECURITY PRINTERS LTD. ARCHIVE

Information and Reference of What was Found in the Archive and Elsewhere

Stamp issues for the Samoa printed by the Format International Security Printers Ltd. and items found in the Archive

SAMOA

Samoa stamps printed by Format International Security Printers Ltd.
Links to pages with information on items found in the archive

1967 BIRDS OF WESTERN SAMOA Scott #274A and 274B, SG #289a and 289b
Al other values of the set were printed in photogravure by Harrison printing.



1969 7TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE Scott #304-7, SG #319-322



1970 8TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE Scott #321-4, SG #337-340



1970 VISIT OF POPE PAUL VI TO SAMOA Scott #337-8, SG #358-9



1972-6 DEFINITIVES $5 GREEN TREE LIZARD Scott #378C, SG #399a
Al other values of the set were printed by House of Questa.
A number of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1989.



1973 BOY SCOUTS OF SAMOA Scott #383-6, SG #405-8



1979 SAILING SHIPS (1st series) Scott #503-6, SG #540-3



1980 SAILING SHIPS (2nd series) Scott #521-4, SG #561-4



1980 CHRISTMAS, PAINTINGS Scott #539-542, 542a, SG #579-582, MS 583
The souvenir sheet exists with watermark inverted




1981 SAILING SHIPS (3rd series) Scott #543-6, SG #584-7



1981 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED PERSONS, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Scott #547-552, SG #588-593



1982 250TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
Scott #567-570, SG #612-614, MS 615




1983 7TH SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES APIA Scott #592-9, SG #639-646



1983 CENTENARY OF THE BOYS' BRIGADE Scott #619, SG #MS 668



1984 SCENIC VIEWS Scott #620-623, SG #669-672



1984 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES, LOS ANGELES Scott #629-632, 632a, SG #678-681, MS 682




1985 ORCHIDS (1st series) Scott #637-640, SG #688-691



1985 CHRISTMAS Scott #656-9, 659a, SG #711-714, MS 715




1986 CHRISTMAS, CENTENARY OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
Scott #685-6, 686a, SG #741-2, MS 743




1987 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE Scott #687-691, SG #744-8



1987 MARINE LIFE, DEEP OCEAN FISH Scott #692-5, SG #749-752



1988 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES, SEOUL Scott #721-4, 724a, SG #783-6, MS 787




1988 CHRISTMAS, SAMOAN CHURCHES Scott #747-750, 750a, SG #813-816, MS 817
These were the last stamps printed by the Format International Security Printers Ltd. for Samoa. The company went into bankruptcy in 1989.




References taken from:
Stanley Gibbons Eastern Pacific
Scott Catalog
Inventory list for the Format Archive by Robson Lowe

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