Samoa, 1878-79, 1s orange yellow. Position 1, large part o.g., beautifully well centered, Extremely Fine. SG No. 7c. Scott No. 6  $400. $0 (Image)

Samoa, 1878-79, 1s orange yellow. Position 4, o.g., beautifully well centered, Extremely Fine. SG No. 7c. Scott No. 6  $400. $0 (Image)

Samoa, 1878-79, 1s orange yellow. Position 5, o.g., excellent centering, Very Fine. SG No. 7c. Scott No. 6  $400. $0 (Image)

Samoa, 1878-79, 1s orange yellow. Position 10, double perfs at left, neat "Apia May 21, 1878" double circle postmark (the earliest dated example), beautifully fresh and well centered, Extremely Fine, a wonderful specialist piece. SG No. 7c. Scott No. 6  $100. $0 (Image)

Samoa, 1878-79, 1s orange yellow. Position 3, rare variety showing a portion of the paper maker's watermark, Nov 1876 cds, well centered, Very Fine. SG No. 7c. Scott No. 6  $100. $0 (Image)

Samoa, 1878-79, 1s orange yellow. Position 5, light cds's, F.-V.F. SG No. 7c. Scott No. 6  $100. $0 (Image)

Samoa, 1878-79, 1s orange yellow. Position 6, Apia Oct 1878 cds, light corner bends, F.-V.F. SG No. 7c. Scott No. 6  $100. $0 (Image)