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Bird stamps from Samoa

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Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1952.01   10.03.1952   Definitives      
Tooth-billed Pigeon Didunculus strigirostris
5d     70     Tooth-billed Pigeon    Didunculus strigirostris     

1965.01   29.12.1965   Air      
Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
8d     23     Red-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon rubricauda     

1967.01   10.07.1967   Birds      
Wattled Honeyeater Foulehaio carunculatus Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica Samoan Starling Aplonis atrifusca Samoan Flycatcher Myiagra albiventris Red-headed Parrot-Finch Erythrura cyaneovirens Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Western Barn Owl Tyto alba Tooth-billed Pigeon Didunculus strigirostris Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus Samoan Fantail Rhipidura nebulosa
1s     127     Wattled Honeyeater    Foulehaio carunculatus     
2s     70     Pacific Imperial Pigeon    Ducula pacifica     
3s     205     Samoan Starling    Aplonis atrifusca     
5s     159     Samoan Flycatcher    Myiagra albiventris     
7s     215     Red-headed Parrot-Finch    Erythrura cyaneovirens     
10s     46     Purple Swamphen    Porphyrio porphyrio     
20s     77     Western Barn Owl    Tyto alba     
25s     70     Tooth-billed Pigeon    Didunculus strigirostris     
50s     207     Island Thrush    Turdus poliocephalus     
1$     158     Samoan Fantail    Rhipidura nebulosa     

1968.01   13.06.1968   Surcharge on 1967.01      
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
20s     46     Purple Swamphen    Porphyrio porphyrio     

1969.01   14.07.1969   Birds      
Mao Gymnomyza samoensis
2$     127     Mao    Gymnomyza samoensis     

1969.02   06.10.1969   Birds      
Samoan White-eye Zosterops samoensis
4$     194     Samoan White-eye    Zosterops samoensis     

1972.01   18.10.1972   Definitives      
Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
1s     26     Pacific Reef Heron    Egretta sacra     

1988.01   17.08.1988   Birds      
Polynesian Triller Lalage maculosa Samoan Moorhen Gallinula pacifica Flat-billed Kingfisher Todiramphus recurvirostris Samoan Fantail Rhipidura nebulosa Pacific Robin Petroica multicolor Mao Gymnomyza samoensis Cardinal Myzomela Myzomela cardinalis Samoan Whistler Pachycephala flavifrons Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
10s     150     Polynesian Triller    Lalage maculosa     
15s     0     Samoan Moorhen    Gallinula pacifica     
20s     92     Flat-billed Kingfisher    Todiramphus recurvirostris     
25s     158     Samoan Fantail    Rhipidura nebulosa     
35s     164     Pacific Robin    Petroica multicolor     
40s     127     Mao    Gymnomyza samoensis     
50s     127     Cardinal Myzomela    Myzomela cardinalis     
65s     153     Samoan Whistler    Pachycephala flavifrons     
75s     70     Many-colored Fruit Dove    Ptilinopus perousii     
85s     70     Metallic Pigeon    Columba vitiensis     

1988.02   25.10.1988   National conservation campaign   6v set   
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
45s     46     Purple Swamphen    Porphyrio porphyrio     
and     127     Cardinal Myzomela    Myzomela cardinalis     
and     92     Flat-billed Kingfisher    Todiramphus recurvirostris     

1989.01   28.02.1989   Birds      
Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Great Frigatebird Fregata minor Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus
75s     66     Silver Gull    Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae     
85s     27     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
90s     26     Pacific Reef Heron    Egretta sacra     
3$     17     Short-tailed Albatross    Phoebastria albatrus     

1989.02   31.07.1989   Birds      
White Tern Gygis alba Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
10$     66     White Tern    Gygis alba     
20$     17     Shy Albatross    Thalassarche cauta     

1991.01   08.04.1991   Parrots      
Black-capped Lory Lorius lory Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus Scarlet Macaw Ara macao Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus
18s     73     Black-capped Lory    Lorius lory     
50s     73     Eclectus Parrot    Eclectus roratus     
65s     73     Scarlet Macaw    Ara macao     
3$     72     Palm Cockatoo    Probosciger aterrimus     

1997.01   03.02.1997   Hong Kong '97      
Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii
3$     70     Many-colored Fruit Dove    Ptilinopus perousii     MS

1998.01   01.09.1998   Definitives      1997.01
Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii
25s     70     Many-colored Fruit Dove    Ptilinopus perousii     

2004.01   16.06.2004   Seabirds of Samoa      
Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana Swift Tern Thalasseus bergii Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
25s     66     Black-naped Tern    Sterna sumatrana     
60s     66     Swift Tern    Thalasseus bergii     
70s     66     Brown Noddy    Anous stolidus     
90s     27     Lesser Frigatebird    Fregata ariel     
4$     26     Pacific Reef Heron    Egretta sacra     

2004.02   16.06.2004   Seabirds of Samoa   Sheet   2004.01

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Black-naped Tern  Sterna sumatrana Swift Tern  Thalasseus bergii Brown Noddy  Anous stolidus Lesser Frigatebird  Fregata ariel Pacific Reef Heron  Egretta sacra
25s     66     Black-naped Tern    Sterna sumatrana     
60s     66     Swift Tern    Thalasseus bergii     
70s     66     Brown Noddy    Anous stolidus     
90s     27     Lesser Frigatebird    Fregata ariel     
4$     26     Pacific Reef Heron    Egretta sacra     

2009.01   02.09.2009   WWF   Sheet with two sets   

Pacific Robin Petroica multicolor Polynesian Triller Lalage maculosa Polynesian Starling Aplonis tabuensis Wattled Honeyeater Foulehaio carunculatus
50c     164     Pacific Robin    Petroica multicolor     
2$     150     Polynesian Triller    Lalage maculosa     
2.70$     205     Polynesian Starling    Aplonis tabuensis     
5$     127     Wattled Honeyeater    Foulehaio carunculatus     

Samoa (Western Samoa) map

Location: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean
Population: 217,000
Climate: tropical; rainy season, dry season
Terrain: narrow coastal plain with volcanic, rocky, rugged mountains in interior

Birds: 82 species; 10 endemic

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