American Samoa
[Sāmoa Amelika] Pago Pago, AS // Polynesia // Samoa Time |
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Discovery of Samoan islands: |
June 13, 1722, by Dutch captain
Jacob Roggeveen (* 1659, † 1729) |
US Territory established: |
April 17, 1900, formed out of the islands
Tutuila and Aunu'u and named US Naval Station Tutuila |
Territory extended: |
July 16, 1904, US annexation of
Manu'a island group and Rose Atoll |
Territory renamed American Samoa: | July 17, 1911 |
US annexation of Swains Island: | March 4, 1925 |
Autonomy granted: | April 22, 1960 |
New territorial flag adopted: |
April 24, 1960
(previously US flag "Stars and Stripes") |
American Samoa was administrated from February 17, 1900 until June 28, 1951 by the US Navy, afterwards until autonomy granted by the US Department of Interior. | |
View map of American Samoa |
#4276 // June 14, 2008
(self-adhesive coil definitive) Flags of Our Nation Series Flag of American Samoa, and Island Peaks and Trees |
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View American Samoa quarter |
#3389 // April 17, 2000 // Pago Pago, AS
The design of the stamp shows an àlia, a traditional double canoe, sailing near Sunuitao Peak on the island of Ofu. |
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