A listing of postage stamps of Canada depicting design errors.
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1917 September 15
Canada
50th anniversary of Confederation.
3-cent stamp depicts a portion of a painting by Robert Harris of the Quebec Conference in 1864, but omits seven of the fathers of Confederation on the right side. For the 60th anniversary, a 2-cent stamp depicts all of the 134 men pictured in the painting.
Catalog numbers: Scott 135
Approximate value: US$1.25 (Scott 2014).
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1946 September 16
Canada
17-cent airmail special delivery stamp errors with circumflex accent on second "E" of "EXPRÊS" instead of grave accent "EXPRÈS". A corrected stamp is issued December 3, 1947.
Catalog numbers: Scott CE3; Stanley Gibbons S16
Approximate value: US$4.25 (Scott 2014).
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1950 October 2
Canada
10-cent stamp depicts an Indian woman drying beaver pelts. Given that the average beaver pelt would rarely exceed 24 inches, if this woman is 5 feet tall, then the upper pelt is an impossible 60 inches long!
Catalog numbers: Scott 301
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1959 September 10
Canada
200th anniversary of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
5-cent postage stamp depicts a triple of maple leaves from one origin, when maple leaves occur only in pairs.
Catalog numbers: Scott 388; Michel 335; Yvert 315; Stanley Gibbons 514
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1963 June 14
Canada
$1 stamp depicts a crate being lifted, but one of the ropes for the left part of the crate should pass behind the hook; with both showing on front, what is keeping it on?
Catalog numbers: Scott 411; Stanley Gibbons 536
Approximate value: US$2.25 (Scott 2014).
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1963 September 25
Canada
5-cent stamp marks 200th anniversary (1763) of regular Quebec-Trois Rivieres-Montreal postal route, but Pedro da Sila began that route in 1693, made official in 1705.
Catalog numbers: Scott 413; Stanley Gibbons 538
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1964 May 14
Canada
5-cent postage stamp depicts a "Three-Maple-Leaf Emblem" of Canadian Unity, but such a thing does not exist in Nature, as maple leafs occur in pairs.
Catalog numbers: Scott 417
Approximate value: US$0.20 (CScott 2010).
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1965 September 8
Canada
5-cent stamp depicts the Peace Tower in Ottawa, but the real clock shows "IIII" not "IV", and the numbers should be oriented as viewed from the center.
Catalog numbers: Scott 441
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1969 January 15
Canada
6-cent stamp depicts sport of curling; the diameter of the button (center white disc on ice, 12 inches) should have close to the same diameter (approximately 11.5 inches) as the curling stone (black disc).
Catalog numbers: Scott 490; Stanley Gibbons 632
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1983 March 14
Canada
$2 stamp for Commonwealth Day depicts a map of the world, omitting Antarctica.
Catalog numbers: Scott 977
Approximate value: US$3.75 (Scott 2014).
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1984 June 29
Canada
32-cent stamp inscribed "Yukon territory" but shows Northwest Territories landscape;
32-cent stamp inscribed "Northwest Territories" but shows a church in Yukon Territory.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1018,1025
Approximate value: US$0.90 (Scott 2014).
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1986 November 21
Canada
68-cent stamp depicts CPR locomotive number 2850 in its Royal Train livery. The caption below the image is "CP H1c", but engine 2850 is the first of the H1d type.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1121
Approximate value: US$1.30 (Scott 2014).
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1987 September 1
Canada
36-cent stamp depicts an Air Canada plane with no engines.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1145
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1995 August 15
Canada
45-cent stamp depicts Belted kingfisher, with erroneous French caption "aune migratrice", instead of "faune". The error was corrected in a second printing a month later.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1564
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2014).
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2007 February 12
Canada
International Polar Year.
52-cent stamp depicts a red jellyfish with inscription "Crossota millsaeare"; however, the jellyfish pictured is Crossota norvegica, and the intended name should have been Crossota millsae.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2205
Approximate value: US$0.35 (Scott 2014).
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2007 December 7
Canada
"Permanent" postage stamp depicts Pachena Point Lighthouse and (to the left) the keeper's house on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, but the image is reversed due to use of a reversed photo in creating the design. A corrected design is later released.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2253
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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2012 January 16
Canada
Permanent rate stamp depicts bobsled piloted by Pierre Lueders, but microprinting below bobsled misspells name as "Leuders". Corrected version issued September 28.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2502, 2498d, corrected 2502a
Approximate value: US$0.60 (Scott 2014).
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2015 July 3
Canada
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Canada.
$1.20 stamp inscribed "Dinosaur Provincial Park" actually shows a scene from close to Drumheller, 60 miles away from the UNESCO site. The stamp is withdrawn on July 6.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2845
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