A listing of postage stamps of Romania depicting design errors.
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1893 (month unknown)
Romania
1-ban stamp incorrectly reads "1 BANI", which is the plural. It was corrected in 1901.
Catalog numbers: Scott 117 or 132 or 148; Stanley Gibbons 316
Approximate value: US$1.25 (Scott 2010).
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1927 March 15
Romania
1-lei + 9-lei stamp is incorrectly denominated "1 lei" which is plural.
Catalog numbers: Scott B21; Stanley Gibbons 1061
Approximate value: US$1.50 (Scott 2010).
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1927 August 1
Romania
50-bani, 4-lei, 4.50-lei, and 6-lei stamps depict the coat of arms flipped left-right (top right should be black).
Catalog numbers: Scott 310,314,315,317; Stanley Gibbons 1068,1072,1073,1075
Approximate value: US$2.50 (Scott 2010).
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1940 (month unknown)
Romania
1-leu stamp with incorrect plural denomination "LEI".
Catalog numbers: Scott 507 or 537; Stanley Gibbons 1457
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1947 February 25
Romania
3000-leu stamp depicts flags of USA, Russia, Great Britain, and Romania. The British flag should not have the two thin white vertical stripes, and the diagonal red stripes should be half the thickness and off-center.
Catalog numbers: Scott 644; Stanley Gibbons 1852
Approximate value: US$0.45 (Scott 2010).
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1950 October 30
Romania
11-lei stamp depicts seven runners on a presumably oval track, but there is no runner in the inside lane, which is the shortest.
Catalog numbers: Scott 762; Stanley Gibbons 2091
Approximate value: US$1.25 (Scott 2010).
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1956 (month unknown)
Romania
55-ban stamp marks the 7th anniversary of collective farming (should be 1949), but with incorrect caption "1951". A corrected stamp is soon issued.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1107a; Stanley Gibbons 2444
Approximate value: US$6 (Scott 2010).
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1956 August 29
Romania
55-ban stamp depicts Maxim Gorky, with birth/death years as 1869-1936, rather than the correct 1868-1936.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1110; Stanley Gibbons 2452
Approximate value: US$0.30 (Scott 2010).
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1958 May 31
Romania
55-ban stamp depicts Mikhail Glinka, with birth/death years as 1803-1857, rather than the correct 1804-1857.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1221; Stanley Gibbons 2579
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1959 December 15
Romania
40-bani stamp shows denomination as "40 ban", missing the "i".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1299; Stanley Gibbons 2683
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1961 September 15
Romania
1.75-lei stamp depicts Dimitrie Brāndza (with "u" above the "a"), misspelled as "Brindza".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1468
Approximate value: US$3 (Scott 2010).
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1964 April 25
Romania
1.35-lei stamp depicts a man on a horse, but the proportions of the two are way off.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1633; Stanley Gibbons 3144
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1964 September 28
Romania
1.55-leu stamp is erroneously demoninated "1.55 BANI".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1683; Stanley Gibbons 3203
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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