Pick 1 - ten shillings. Incorrectly numbered in pick as the One and Five pound notes
were issued much earlier. Type WST0-(Specimen) Issued type were signed by Lt.Col Robert Logan - The administrator in charge of Western Samoa on behalf of the New Zealand Government and head of the invasion force. Type WST0-RL The Western Samoa Ten Shilling note was overprinted on the s223 second issue (Wellington Plate) Bank of New Zealand ten Shillings Banknote. This unsigned specimen is held by the Bank of New Zealand Archives. The Bank of New Zealand takes conservation of numismatic history seriously and has a fantastic museum in Wellington New Zealand. First and only issue in 1920 - total issue 3500 Issued 1 March 1920 - numbered 709001 to 716000 |
Pick 2 - One Pound. First issued in 1915 as emergency currency by the New Zealand
Advance Expeditionary Force that landed in German Samoa at the outbreak
of WW1. Type WSP0-RL Overprinted on s225 Number 6 issue Bank of New Zealand (Wellington plate) one pound banknote. Signed by Lt.Col Robert Logan - The administrator in charge of Western Samoa on behalf of the New Zealand Government and head of the invasion force. Total of 75000 issued First issued 27 March 1915 - 5000 issued Serial E917001 - E920000 and E935001 - E937000 Second issue 3 April 1915 - 20000 issued E920001 - E935000 and E937001 - E942000 Third issue 22 April 1915 - 25000 issued Serial E995001 - E1000000 and G000001 - G020000 Fourth issue 21 May 1915 - 25000 issued Serial G058001 - G083000 |
Unlisted in Pick - Five Pound. Overprinted on the Number three issue Bank of New
Zealand five pound banknote. Type WSF0-RL Signed by Lt.Col. Robert Logan First and only issue in 1915 - 5000 issued Issued 27 March 1915 Serial 960401 - 965400 |
Western Samoa World War One EMERGENCY OVERPRINTED issue |
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