Western Samoa

	Picture	Date of first issue	Date of last issue	Type	Description	Remarks
1		late 20s	1946	car	123 also known as S 123	hand painted Fox
2		1946	1956	car	123 (63-477)	NZ design black/buff (light brownish yellow) McDougall
3		Apr 1956	Mar 1957	car	1234	white/maroon McDougall
4		Apr 1957	Mar 1958	car	1234	white/light blue Fox
5		Apr 1958	Mar 1959	car	1234	space as divider white/dark navy blue McDougall
6		Apr 1959	Mar 1960	car	1234	white/green Fox
7		Apr 1960	Mar 1961	car	1234	white/light blue same as line 4? McDougall
8 v	in book 1963 68-72?	Apr 1961	Mar 1962	car	1234 (515-888)	white/black McDougall
9		Apr 1961	Mar 1962	mc	M/C 123 (469-481)	motorcycle McDougall
		Apr 1961	Mar 1962	taxi	T 123 (135-183)	taxi
		Apr 1961	Mar 1962	bus	MO 12 (43)	motor omnibus Trevor
10		Apr 1961	Mar 1962	govt	GVT 12	government is this WS? McDougall
11 v		Apr 1962	Mar 1963	car	1234	white/light green Fox
		Apr 1962	Mar 1963	taxi	T 123 (205-248)	white/light green
		Apr 1962	Mar 1963	govt	Govt 123	white/light green
12 -	63 I had white/light blue here?	Apr 1963	Mar 1964	car	1234	black/fawn (mustard) same as line 2? 1963: 418 cars/trucks 142 taxis (T) 92 busses (MO) few motorcycles Government D dealer?
13 v		Apr 1964	Mar 1965	car	1234	white/brown same as line 3? Fox
14 v		Apr 1965 1961?	Mar 1966	car	1234 (556-1253)	black/yellow in 1965 there were: 615 cars and taxi 715 trucks and busses 81 motorcycles 153 government
15		Apr 1965	Mar 1966	mc	M/C 12 (90-98)	motorcycle web
16		Apr 1965	Mar 1966	taxi	T 123	taxi
17		Apr 1965	Mar 1966	bus	M/O 12	motor omnibus
		Apr 1965	Mar 1966	govt	GVT 123	government or is it Cook high number?
18		1966	1970	car	1234 (3828-7129)	McDougall
19		1968	1975	govt	Govt 123 (97-317)	AUS dies McDougall
20		1970	1971	car	1234 (811-2136-4600?)	AUS dies with diamond Greene
21		1970	1971	mc	123	motorcycle McDougall
22		1970	1971	taxi	T 123
23		1971	75?	car	1234 (1405-3128)	RPEW 73 McDougall
24		1971	79	mc	123 (43-186-248-349)	Fox
25		1971	79	taxi	T 1234 (T 1031-1091)	Fierens
26		1971	79	bus	M/O 123 (353?-470-480)	motor omnibus Hough
27	4200	75?	79	car	1234 (4649-7191)	no diamond
28		75?	79	govt	Govt 1234	government home made McDougall
29				dlr	D 12	is this WS?
30		75?	79?	govt	official	also black on white NPCC
31		Apr 1979	Mar 1997	car	1234 12345 (2691-15114)	1986 8500
32		Apr 1979	Mar 1997	mc	1234 (192-6400-6810)	motorcycle Klotz
33		Apr 1979		taxi	T 1234 (T 936-3177)
34		Apr 1979		hire	R 123 (R 18-1418)	rental
35		Apr 1979		bus	M/O 123 (M/O 648-998) (M/O 10357)	motor omnibus McDougall (2x)
36		Apr 1979		govt	Govt 123 (Govt 10-606) (Govt 6029-9401)
37		Apr 1979		govt	Govt 12 (Govt 75-145)	motorcycle McDougall
38		Apr 1979		CD	DC 12 (DC 1-25)	RG
39		Apr 1979		dlr	D 12 (10-12)
		later?		mc	MC 123	motorcycle Brumby
40		Apr 1997	Mar 2000	car	12345 (14870-17581)
41		Apr 1997	Mar 2000	mc	123 (788-799)	motorcycle McDougall
42		Apr 1997	Mar 2000	taxi	T 1234 (3472-3715)	taxi McDougall
43		Apr 1997	Mar 2000	bus	MO 12345 10k up	motor omnibus McDougall
44		Apr 1997	Mar 2000	govt	G/O/V/T 12345 (10034-10218)	government McDougall
	SAMOA	July 1997				name change to Samoa (link)

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