A listing of postage stamps of Tonga depicting design errors.
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1953 July 1
Tonga
1-shilling stamp depicts map of the islands of Tonga. At the top, Toku and Fonulei are placed way too close to Vava'u; Toku should be as far away as Late island.
Catalog numbers: Scott 109; Stanley Gibbons 110
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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1979 February 16
Tonga
18-seniti postage stamp and 74-seniti air post official stamp celebrate a decade of progress, with caption thanking the "United States Peace Corp" with the final "s" missing from "Corps".
Catalog numbers: Scott 451,CO154
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1988 July 11
Tonga
42-seniti stamp depicts Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbor Bridge, but a pair of tickets misspell "SIDNEY", and the picture is a mirror flip showing the bridge on the left and the opera house on the right.
Catalog numbers: Scott 672l; Stanley Gibbons MS989
Approximate value: US$3 (Scott 2010).
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2012 February 6
Tonga
3p40s stamp inscribed Megapodius pritchardii in error;
6p60s stamp inscribed Halcyon chloris in error;
7p30s stamp inscribed Prosopeia tabuensis in error.
Catalog numbers: Stanley Gibbons 1630,1633,1634
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2012 April 20
Tonga (Niuafo'ou)
Nine stamps depicting butterflies with text "Butterfy", later corrected.
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2012 August 31
Tonga
43rd Pacific Islands Forum.
2-pa'anga stamp shows flag of the United Kingdom, orientation of red diagonals indicate it is flown left to right instead of right to left like other flags in the series of stamps. Also, "Kingdom" is misspelled "Kindgom".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1190m
Approximate value: US$2.32.
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