Flag | Date | Use | Description |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Samoa_%281858-1873%29_as_reported_in_the_Flags_of_Paradise_chart.svg/150px-Flag_of_Samoa_%281858-1873%29_as_reported_in_the_Flags_of_Paradise_chart.svg.png) | 1858-1873 | Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa | A red field with a white crescent and a 5-pointed star.[7] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_Samoa_%281879%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_Samoa_%281879%29.svg.png) | 1875-1886 1889-1900 | Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa | A red field with centred white cross and a 5-pointed star in the canton. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Flag_of_Tuiaana_line_1873-1887_1889-1900.svg/150px-Flag_of_Tuiaana_line_1873-1887_1889-1900.svg.png) | 1886-1887 | Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa | A red field with centred black cross and a white 5-pointed star in the canton. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Tupua_Tamasesse_1887-1889.svg/150px-Flag_of_Tupua_Tamasesse_1887-1889.svg.png) | 1887-1889 | Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa | A white field with centred black cross and a red field with a white 5-pointed star in the canton. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png) | 1900-1908 | Flag of The United States | Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 45 white stars of alternating numbers of six and five per horizontal row on a blue field. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png) | 1900-1914 | Flag of The German Empire | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom). |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Reichskolonialflagge.svg/150px-Reichskolonialflagge.svg.png) | 1900-1914 | Colonial Flag of The German Empire | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with The Reichsadler in the center. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281908%E2%80%931912%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281908%E2%80%931912%29.svg.png) | 1908-1912 | Flag of The United States | Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 46 white stars of alternating numbers of six and five per horizontal row on a blue field. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png) | 1912-1959 | Flag of The United States | Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 48 white stars of alternating numbers of six and five per horizontal row on a blue field. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Deutsch-Samoa.svg/150px-Flag_of_Deutsch-Samoa.svg.png) | 1914 | Proposed Flag of German Samoa | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with The Emblem of Samoa in the center. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) | 1914-1962 | Flag of The United Kingdom | A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/150px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png) | 1914-1962 | Flag of New Zealand | A defaced Blue Ensign with four red stars with white borders to the right, representing the constellation of Crux, the Southern Cross.[8][9] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_the_Samoa_Trust_Territory.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Samoa_Trust_Territory.svg.png) | 1920-1948 | Flag of The Western Samoa Trust Territory | A Defaced Blue Ensign with The Badge of Samoa. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Flag_of_Samoa_%281948-1949%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_Samoa_%281948-1949%29.svg.png) | 1948-1949 | Flag of The Western Samoa Trust Territory | A red field with the blue rectangle on the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars.[10] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/150px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png) | 1949-1962 | Flag of The Western Samoa Trust Territory | A red field with the blue rectangle on the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars and the smaller star in the center. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/US_flag_49_stars.svg/150px-US_flag_49_stars.svg.png) | 1959-1960 | Flag of The United States | Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 49 white stars of alternating numbers of six and five per horizontal row on a blue field. |