STAMP STORY
new design was prepared, depicting a Samoan native chief with his thatched house in the background. But just as Samoa was to be included in the “all-up” system, the Second World War broke out and the whole scheme was withdrawn, never to be restored, leaving Samoa with a large supply of useless stamps. The stamps were kept in store for a year but then, as it became clear that hopes of “all-up” air-mails were not to be fulfilled in the immediate future, if ever, it was decided to use up the stocks as 3d stamps by surcharging them with the new value. The "IJd” in each of the lower comers was blacked out, and “3d” added above, while the inscription along the foot, which read "Three Half Pence,” was neatly amended by obliterating the word “Half.” And from that day to this, Samoa has never had another lid stamp.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32775, 27 November 1971, Page 12
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151STAMP STORY Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32775, 27 November 1971, Page 12
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