A listing of postage stamps of Newfoundland depicting design errors.
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1865 November 15
Newfoundland
5-cent stamp depicts a seal, but the designer drew forepaws instead of flippers. This was corrected in the 1880 re-use of this image.
Catalog numbers: Scott 25
Approximate value: US$375 (Scott 2014).
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1897 June 24
Newfoundland
60th year of the reign of Queen Victoria
1-cent postage stamp shows a backward "1" at top right corner. Probably not an error, but an odd choice to intentionally place it backwards.
Catalog numbers: Scott 61; Stanley Gibbons 66
Approximate value: US$1.75 (Scott 2014).
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1897 June 24
Newfoundland
400th anniversary of John Cabot's discovery of Newfoundland.
2-cent stamp depicts John Cabot's son Sebastion rather than John. No portrait of John existed, so the choice was intentional.
Catalog numbers: Scott 62; Stanley Gibbons 67
Approximate value: US$1.35 (Scott 2014).
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1897 June 24
Newfoundland
400th anniversary of John Cabot's discovery of Newfoundland.
4-cent stamp has caption "Caribou Hunting, Newfoundland Sport", showing a hunter with his gun standing over a dead caribou. The design is based on a photograph of American H. Clay Pierce, hunting on his land in Missouri (i.e. not in Newfoundland).
Catalog numbers: Scott 64; Stanley Gibbons 69
Approximate value: US$2.75 (Scott 2014).
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1897 June 24
Newfoundland
400th anniversary of John Cabot's discovery of Newfoundland.
10-cent stamp depicts a ship identified as Cabot's Matthew, but is identical to ship pictured previously on US 1893 1-cent stamp as Christopher Columbus' Santa Maria. Note that the flag has been modified, perhaps to make it look like an English one. During the modification, they should have noted the flag is blowing against the wind, rather than with it, and corrected it.
Catalog numbers: Scott 68; Stanley Gibbons 73
Approximate value: US$7.50 (Scott 2014).
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1910 August 15
Newfoundland
2-cent stamp caption about the arms does not match the arms show, which are those granted to the colony itself by order of King Charles I in 1637.
Catalog numbers: Scott 88
Approximate value: US$1.15 (Scott 2014).
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1910 August 15
Newfoundland
300th anniversary of colonization of Newfoundland.
6-cent stamp depicts Sir Francis Bacon, with "z" in "colonization" reversed. A correct version also exists. Also, Sir Francis Bacon became Lord Verulam, though Lord Bacon is sometimes used.
Catalog numbers: Scott 92; Stanley Gibbons 100
Approximate value: US$65 (Scott 2014).
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1923 July 9
Newfoundland
10-cent stamp depicting Humber River Canyon but is inscribed "Canon". Apparently the original photo used a tilde over the first "n", i.e. "Caņon".
Catalog numbers: Scott 139
Approximate value: US$2.50 (Scott 2014).
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1924 (month unknown)
Newfoundland
24-cent stamp depicting "Topsail Falls near St. John's", but the image shown is the reverse of the original photo.
Catalog numbers: Scott 144
Approximate value: US$45 (Scott 2014).
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1928 January 3
Newfoundland
1-cent stamp depicts map of Newfoundland, but has labeled Cape Bauld above Cape Norman, when they should be the other way around. A corrected stamp was issued in 1929. The Strait of Belle Isle is sometimes called the "Straits" of Belle Isle as this stamp is captioned.
Catalog numbers: Scott 145; Stanley Gibbons 164
Approximate value: US$0.75 (Scott 2014).
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1933 August 3
Newfoundland
350th anniversary of the annexation of Newfoundland by Sir Humphrey Gilbert on behalf of Queen Elizabeth I.
9-cent depicts nine ships arriving at Saint John's, but there should be only four, as the Bark Ralegh returned to port two days out from Plymouth.
Catalog numbers: Scott 219
Approximate value: US$7.50 (Scott 2010).
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