A listing of postage stamps of Monaco depicting design errors.
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1942 April 15
Monaco
5- and 10-franc airmail stamps depict the shadow of a plane on the Earth way too big.
Catalog numbers: Scott C2-C3
Approximate value: US$0.70 (Scott 2010).
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1947 May 15
Monaco
50-cent airmail stamp depicts US President Franklin Roosevelt with six fingers on his left hand.
Catalog numbers: Scott C16
Approximate value: US$1.25 (Scott 2010).
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1948 July 12
Monaco
4-franc stamp depicts François Joseph Bosio with birth year 1769, but a Monaco 1968 30-centime stamp put his birth year at 1768. Which is correct?
Catalog numbers: Scott 213
Approximate value: US$2.50 (Scott 2010).
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1949 March 5
Monaco
5-franc stamp depicts ship Princess Alice II at Spitzbergen, with a backward "z".
Catalog numbers: Scott 240
Approximate value: US$1.10 (Scott 2010).
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1953 February 23
Monaco
8-franc stamp depicts gymnastics athlete performing impossible or very painful spreading of fingers.
Catalog numbers: Scott 299
Approximate value: US$1 (Scott 2010).
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1956 April 3
Monaco
5-franc depicting Dwight Eisenhower, but the image is flipped left-right; the left part of the jacket should close over the right.
Catalog numbers: Scott 357
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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1964 December 3
Monaco
50-centime stamp depicts US President John Kennedy and his famous "ask not..." speech, but mis-quotes with "will" instead of "can".
Catalog numbers: Scott 596
Approximate value: US$0.60 (Scott 2010).
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1968 April 29
Monaco
1968 Olympic Games, Mexico.
3-franc airmail stamp depicts a field hockey player, but the image is reversed, as the left hand should be at the top of the stick.
Catalog numbers: Scott C74
Approximate value: US$1.75 (Scott 2010).
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1968 December 12
Monaco
30-centime stamp depicts François Joseph Bosio with birth year 1768, but a set of eight Monaco 1948 stamps put his birth year at 1769. Which is correct?
Catalog numbers: Scott 708
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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