A listing of postage stamps of Malawi depicting design errors.
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1964 July 6
Malawi
5-shilling stamp depicts Monkey Bay and Lake Nyasa (as in the caption) or Lake Malawi. Malawi claims one name, neighbors claim the previous name. In 1965 Malawi re-issued this same stamp with the name changed to "Lake Malawi".
Catalog numbers: Scott 15; Stanley Gibbons 225
Approximate value: US$0.75 (Scott 2010).
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1967 January 4
Malawi
1-shilling 6-pence stamp depicts the Chauncy Maples steamer, misspelling it "Chauncey".
Catalog numbers: Scott 69; Stanley Gibbons 279
Approximate value: US$0.60 (Scott 2010).
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1973 February 7
Malawi
30-tambalas stamp depicts the Amauris ansorgei butterfly with wrong caption "Euphaedra zaddachi". Correctly caption stamps are released on April 5.
Catalog numbers: Scott 202
Approximate value: US$6 (Scott 2010).
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2011 November 5
Malawi
140-kwacha stamp depicts African elephant, inscribed "africanna" instead of africana.
Catalog numbers: WNS MW005.11
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2011 November 5
Malawi
145-kwacha stamp depicts lion inscribed "leos" instead of leo.
Catalog numbers: WNS MW003.11
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