A listing of postage stamps of Laos depicting design errors.
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1958 May 2
Laos
12-kip airmail stamp has the "2" of the denomination reversed in local script; "12" should look like "96".
Catalog numbers: Scott C32
Approximate value: US$1.00 (Scott 2010).
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1983 October 8
Laos
6-kip stamp depicts Charcot and his ship, but his name is incorrectly inscribed "Cabot".
Catalog numbers: Scott 492
Approximate value: US$1.50 (Scott 2009).
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1988 March 3
Laos
3-kip stamp depicts a Tyrannosaurus dinosaur, mislabelled as "TRACHODON";
50-kip stamp depicts a Trachodon mislabelled as "TYRANNOSAURUS".
Catalog numbers: Scott 860,865
Approximate value: US$1.30 (Scott 2009).
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1988 (month unknown)
Laos
Chess champions.
3-kip stamp depicts P. Morphy, with last name misspelled "Murphy".
Catalog numbers: Scott 901C
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2009).
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1991 June 30
Laos
Espamer '91, Buenos Aires.
32-kip stamp depicts a Pacific 231 train, but stamp omits usual denomination and country in Latin characters, like the other five stamps of the set.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1039
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2009).
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