A listing of postage stamps of Syria depicting design errors.
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1965 August
Syria
2 1/2-, 12 1/2-, and 15-piaster stamps publicize the Peasants' Union, but there are two "R" letters in "RERUBLIC".
Catalog numbers: Scott 474-476; Stanley Gibbons 885-886
Approximate value: US$0.60 (Scott 2010).
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1983 August 26
Syria
180-p stamp commemorates Namibia Day, but misspells the name as "NAMBIA".
Catalog numbers: Scott 986; Stanley Gibbons 1557
Approximate value: US$0.75 (Scott 2010).
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2008 December 25
Syria
17-pound stamp depicts hawthorn tree with misspelled caption "Tree Howthorn".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1650; WNS SY028.08; Stanley Gibbons 2296
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2008 December 27
Syria
17-pound stamp marks the anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille with caption "200 anniversary of the birthday of the inventer of braille's alphabet" rather than "200th anniversary of the birth of the inventor of Braille's alphabet".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1651; Stanley Gibbons 2301a
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2011 August 1
Syria
20-pound stamp depicts Nazek al-Abed, inscribed "Abid".
Catalog numbers: Stanley Gibbons 2383; WNS SY012.11
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2011 August 1
Syria
20-pound stamp depicts Adleh Bayhum Aljazairi, inscribed "Adila Byham al-Jazairy".
Catalog numbers: Stanley Gibbons 2385; WNS SY013.11
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2011 August 1
Syria
20-pound stamp depicts Thuraya al-Hafiz, inscribed "Thorya".
Catalog numbers: Stanley Gibbons 2386; WNS SY015.11
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2011 August 1
Syria
20-pound stamp depicts Mary Ajamy, inscribed "Marry Ajami".
Catalog numbers: Stanley Gibbons 2387; WNS SY016.11
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