A listing of postage stamps of Lesotho depicting design errors.
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1973 October 1
Lesotho
20-cent stamp depicts drawing of Kimberlite volcano with misspelled caption "KIMERLITE". The name is spelled correctly in a second occurrance on the same stamp.
Catalog numbers: Scott 149
Approximate value: US$2.25 (Scott 2010).
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1983 July 11
Lesotho
6-lisente stamp depicts a Lesotho Airways Do 128-6 plane, with incorrect caption "Dornier 228".
Catalog numbers: Scott 407a
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1988 November 18
Lesotho
20-lisente stamp depicts Sydney, Australia, misspelled as "Sidney".
Catalog numbers: Scott 676
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1988 November 18
Lesotho
1-maloti stamp depicts Arthur Ashe, but misspells surname as "ASH".
Catalog numbers: Scott 679
Approximate value: US$1.25 (Scott 2010).
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1999 June 28
Lesotho
2-m stamp depicts a Altamira oriole, but misspelled "Atlamira".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1183c
Approximate value: US$1.05 (Scott 2009).
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2000 July 12
Lesotho
3-maloti postage stamp depicts the Starry Gardenia flower and is inscribed “Gardenia thunbengii”, which should be Gardenia thunbergia.
3-maloti postage stamp depicts the Pride of Table Mountain and is inscribed “Disa unoflora”; which should be Disa uniflora.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1237a,1237f; Stanley Gibbons 1736,1741
Approximate value: US$2.33 (Scott 2010).
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2002 August 13
Lesotho
25th anniversary of Rotary International in Lesotho.
8-maloti postage stamp depicts early Rotary club founder Homer Wood, but misspells name as "Horner Wood".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1312; Stanley Gibbons 1890; WNS LS021.02
Approximate value: US$3.00 (Scott 2010).
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2002 August 13
Lesotho
United Nations' International Year of Mountains.
25-maloti postage stamp depicts the Matterhorn in Switzerland, but is mislabelled "Mount Rainier" in the USA.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1319; Stanley Gibbons MS1897
Approximate value: US$4.75 (Scott 2010).
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