A listing of postage stamps of South Africa depicting design errors.
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1949 May 2
South Africa
100th anniversary of Natal settlers.
Two 1 1/2-pence stamps depict a ship arriving at Natal in 1849, with a radio tower on Durban Bluff which was not there in 1849.
Catalog numbers: Scott 108
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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1995 November 24
South Africa
Standard Postage denominated postage stamps depicts "Afrivoluta pringlei" but incorrectly inscribed “priglei”.
Catalog numbers: Scott 924; Stanley Gibbons 893
Approximate value: US$0.55 (Scott 2010).
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1996 November 4
South Africa
70-cent stamp depicts Albert Luthuli, winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1960, but caption says "1961" (Luthuli accepted the prize at the 1961 ceremony).
Catalog numbers: Scott 955b
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2010).
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2010 September 23
South Africa
2.40-rand stamp depicts grey rhebok, Pelea capreolus with inscription misspelled "carpreolus".
Catalog numbers: WNS ZA090.10
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2010 October 9
South Africa
2.40-rand stamp for 2009 75th anniversary of South African Airways includes mispelled inscription "printeded".
Catalog numbers: WNS ZA094.10
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