A listing of postage stamps of Cuba depicting design errors.
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1899 (month unknown)
Cuba
10-centime special delivery stamp misspells "inmediata" as "IMMEDIATA". A corrected stamp was released in 1902.
Catalog numbers: Scott E2
Approximate value: US$15 (Scott 2014).
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1972 November 30
Cuba
2-centavo postage stamp depicts a 15th century caravel, with wind blowing flag in opposite direction of sails;
13-centavo postage stamp depicts a 19th century steam packet, with wind blowing four flags in opposite direction of sails.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1747,1751
Approximate value: US$0.95 (Scott 2010).
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1978 February 20
Cuba
6-centavo stamp depicts painting Landscape with Figures by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, with surname misspelled "Pilliment".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2177; Stanley Gibbons 2432
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1982 March 31
Cuba
20-centavo stamp depicts painting Twilight by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, with surname misspelled "Bougueran".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2513; Stanley Gibbons 2819
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1982 May 31
Cuba
9-centavo stamp depicts painting Landscape by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, with surname misspelled "Piliment".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2512; Stanley Gibbons 2818
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1982 June 7
Cuba
PHILEXFRANCE '82 philatelic exposition.
1-peso postage stamp depicts a ship with the wind blowing the sails forward (left) but the four flags backwards (right).
Catalog numbers: Scott 2516
Approximate value: US$1.60 (Scott 2010).
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1984 April 27
Cuba
ESPANA '84 philatelic exposition.
100-centavo postage stamp depicts a steam-powered clipper ship being blown right by the wind in its sails, but the smoke exhaust and flags are being blown left.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2704
Approximate value: US$1.60 (Scott 2010).
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1989 September 29
Cuba
3-centavo postage stamp depicts a sailing ship being blown to the right, but the three flags are being blown to the left;
. 50-centavo postage stamp depicts a sailing ship being blown to the right, but the four flags are being blown to the left.
Catalog numbers: Scott 3144,3148
Approximate value: US$0.90 (Scott 2010).
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1990 August 24
Cuba
50-centavo postage stamp depicts the Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae bird, misspelled as "Prostemadera novaeseelandiae".
Catalog numbers: Scott 3246
Approximate value: US$0.55 (Scott 2010).
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1992 September 18
Cuba
500th anniversary of discovery of America by Christopher Columbus.
10-centavo postage stamp depicts a sailing ship being blown left, but the flags being blown right.
Catalog numbers: Scott 3442
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1993 April 14
Cuba
10-centavo stamp depicts a bicycle designed by Ernest Michaux, with first name misspelled "Ermest".
Catalog numbers: Scott 3495
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1998 February 19
Cuba
100th anniversary of the death of Brigadier General Vidal Ducasse Reeve.
15-centavo postage stamp misspells Reeve's last name as "Revee".
Catalog numbers: Scott 3903; Michel 4091; Yvert 3698
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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2000 May 18
Cuba
75-centavo stamp depicts airship of August von Parseval, with surname misspelled "Perseval".
Catalog numbers: Scott 4083
Approximate value: US$0.90 (Scott 2010).
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