A listing of postage stamps of Poland depicting design errors.
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1938 March 17
Poland
1-zloty stamp depicts Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Thomas Paine, and George Washington from the 1700s, holding the American flag of 1938 (48 stars).
Catalog numbers: Scott 319; Stanley Gibbons 335
Approximate value: US$1.25 (Scott 2010).
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1947 (month unknown)
Poland
1-zloty stamp depicts Jacek Malczewski's year of birth as 1855, when it should be 1854.
Catalog numbers: Scott 399; Stanley Gibbons 586
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1947 (month unknown)
Poland
6-zloty stamp depicts Stefan Jaracz, but with year of death 1945 missing first digit. All other stamps in this series show 4-digit dates over portraits, so if the "1" is hiding behind his head, it was done so in error.
Catalog numbers: Scott 399
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1952 August 18
Poland
1-zloty stamp depicts Niedzica castle, misspelled "NIEDZIGA".
Catalog numbers: Scott 556; Stanley Gibbons 777
Approximate value: US$1 (Scott 2010).
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1963 October 9
Poland
60-groschen stamp depicts the artwork "Love Letter" by Wladyslaw Czachorski. Does the original contain the same flaws in the clock, especially the double "XII"? As well as the "IIII" instead of "IV", double "VII", and missing "IX" and "X".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1174; Stanley Gibbons 1419
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1981 March 25
Poland
6.50-zloty stamp depicts pilot Larry Newman written as "P. Newman".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2438; Stanley Gibbons 2726
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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