Western Samoa -1946- Victory

Archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean, east of Fiji. In 1861-99, Samoa was an independent kingdom under the influence of the US, to which the harbor of Pago Pago had been ceded, and that of Great Britain and Germany. In 1898 a disturbance arose, resulting in the withdrawal of Great Britain, and the partitioning of the islands between Germany and the US. Early in World War I the islands under German domination were occupied by New Zealand troops and in 1920 the League of Nations declared them a mandate to New Zealand. Western Samoa became independent in 1962.

 In 1946 in the British Empire are issued stamps to celebrate 
the end of World War II and the return of peace