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75th Anniversary of the death of

Robert Louis Stevenson

Samoa

1969

Scott #308-311, Litho. Perf 14x13½, April 21, 1969

Stevenson is buried in Samoa

Long John Silver, from "Treasure Island"

Stewart and Balfour on the moor, from "Kidnapped"

"Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde"

Archie Weir and Christiana Elliot, from "Weir of Hermiston"


First Day of Issue, April 21, 1969


postmarked Dec. 3, the 75th anniversary of the death of RLS

Western Samoa, officially INDEPENDENT STATE OF WESTERN SAMOA, Samoan MALO SA'OLOTO TUTO'ATASI O SAMOA I SISIFO, island group and constitutional monarchy in the south-central Pacific Ocean, some 1,800 miles (2,900 km) northeast of New Zealand. It is bordered by the islands of American Samoa to the east. Apia, on Upolu Island, is the capital. Land area 1,093 square miles (2,831 square km). Pop. (1994 est.) 164,000. [locator map]

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Samoa: 1935,   1939,   1962,   1969,   1974,   1981,   1985,   1986,   1990,   1994,   B.V.I. 1969,   Kiribati 1983,  
Marshalls 1988,   Cooks 1994,   Niue 1994,   G.B. 1993,   1994,   1997,   U.S. 2001,   Home