A listing of postage stamps of Switzerland depicting design errors.
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1907 (month unknown)
Switzerland
2-, 3-, and 5-centime stamps depict William Tell's son with bow drawn with bow-string in front of stock. Later corrected when re-drawn.
Catalog numbers: Scott 126-28; Stanley Gibbons 225-227
Approximate value: US$1.05 (Scott 2010).
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1940 (month unknown)
Switzerland
5c+5c stamp depicts Gottfried Keller with year of birth 1818 in error, fixed and re-issued with correct year 1819.
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1944 September 1
Switzerland
20-centime airmail stamp depicts Swissair Fokker VII b tri-motor aircraft bearing registration number 157. Swissair tri-motor aircraft existed with registration numbers 162-66, 190, and 192-3, not 157. There was a Fokker VII a with registration number 157, but it was single-engined.
Catalog numbers: Scott C38; Stanley Gibbons 442
Approximate value: US$0.30 (Scott 2010).
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1949 August 1
Switzerland
3-centime stamp depicts high tension electricity lines; each tower should hold 3 pairs of transmission wires and one ground wire (total 7 each), so we should see 14 wires in the gap between the two pairs, but there are only 11.
Catalog numbers: Scott 328; Stanley Gibbons 510
Approximate value: US$1.50 (Scott 2010).
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1960 (month unknown)
Switzerland
40-centime stamp depicts a cathedral in Geneva, with the two towers reversed (note the upper row of three windows on the left).
Catalog numbers: Scott 389; Stanley Gibbons 621
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1960 (month unknown)
Switzerland
70-centime stamp depicts Saints Peter and Stephen Church, with a tower in the background and on the wrong side. This was actually done wrong, on purpose, as the denomination had to go on the left side of the stamp. Re-issued in 1963 without the tower showing, which is actually correct, as from that angle the tower (correctly on the left) is not tall enough to be visible.
Catalog numbers: Scott 392; Stanley Gibbons 624
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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1963 September 16
Switzerland
50-centime stamp depicts globe (Earth) and Moon, but with different lighted areas indicating coming from different light sources (two Suns?).
Catalog numbers: Scott 432; Stanley Gibbons 685
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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1978 March 9
Switzerland
20-centime stamp depicts Il Verbano, with wind blowing sails left and blowing flag and smoke right.
Catalog numbers: Scott 656b; Stanley Gibbons MS952
Approximate value: US$0.30 (Scott 2010).
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