Postage Stamp Design Errors

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A listing of postage stamps of Great Britain depicting design errors.

1964 April 23

Great Britain

3-pence through 1-shilling 6-pence stamps depict a portrait of William Shakespeare flipped left-right to the orientation of all accepted portraits.

Catalog numbers: Scott 402-5; Stanley Gibbons 646-49

Approximate value: US$2.80 (Scott 2010).

1966 January 25

Great Britain

1-shilling 3-pence stamp depicts Alexander Nasmyth's portrait of Robert Burns, but the image is flipped left-right.

Catalog numbers: Scott 445; Stanley Gibbons 686

Approximate value: US$0.45 (Scott 2010).

1973 November 28

Great Britain

Two 3-pence stamps of the story of Good King Wenceslas show an inconsistently decorated pie plate.

Catalog numbers: Scott 711,713

Approximate value: US$0.70 (Scott 2010).

1981 March 25

Great Britain

14-pence stamp depicts a dog moving both left feet forward at same time, when a real dog moves a front foot with the opposite rear foot at the same time when walking.

Catalog numbers: Scott 937

Approximate value: US$0.30 (Scott 2010).

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