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
Copyright - All rights reserved - Bestbanknotes.com