A letter from the British Acting Consul in Apia on December 20, 1875 described this historic flag of Samoa.
"The flag that was saluted by the late Commodore Goodenough, of Her Majesty's ship 'Pearl,' in 1873, was red field, upper canton blue, with white star in the centre, and represented the Samoan Constitution and Government of August, 1873, -- Which were abrogated by Mr. Steinberger's action, and for which he substituted the present Constitution and flag.'
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