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Postage Stamp Design Errors Home > Country: Ceylon

A listing of postage stamps of Ceylon depicting design errors.

1935 May 1

Ceylon

2-cent stamp depicts tapping rubber tree, but real rubber trees show no above ground roots. The image was redrawn for re-issue in 1938.

Catalog numbers: Scott 264; Stanley Gibbons 368

Approximate value: US$0.45 (Scott 2014).

1952 February 1

Ceylon

35-cent stamp has Tamil language inscription missing a dot over a character; inscription corrected in 1954.

Catalog numbers: Scott 314

Approximate value: US$1.50 (Scott 2014).

1961 January 8

Ceylon

10-cent stamp depicts Prime Minister Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike with gray hair at temple; later re-issued with dark hair at temple.

Catalog numbers: Scott 362; Stanley Gibbons 471

Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2014).

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