A listing of postage stamps of Ghana depicting design errors.
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1957 December 27
Ghana
1-shilling 3-pence stamp depicts a medieval galleon with flags flying perpendicular to the direction that the wind is blowing the sails.
Catalog numbers: Scott 15; Stanley Gibbons 183
Approximate value: US$0.35 (Scott 2010).
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1965 April 12
Ghana
1-pence, 2-pence, 1-shilling 3-pence, and 5-shilling stamps incorrectly spell the full name of the ITU with an "s" in "communications".
Catalog numbers: Scott 204-207; Stanley Gibbons 369-72
Approximate value: US$2.65 (Scott 2010).
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1985 October 16
Ghana
200th anniversary of the birth of James J. Audubon.
5-cedi postage stamp depicts a fork-tailed flycatcher, erroneously inscribed "York-tailed Fly Catcher". Also the scientific name Muscivora tyrannus is misspelled "Muscivora turannus".
Catalog numbers: Scott 980
Approximate value: US$1.50 (Scott 2010).
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1998 May 5
Ghana
800-cedi stamp depicts a German Junkers Ju 87D-1 fighter plane, lacking fixed landing gear and tail wheel.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2028d
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