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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting design errors.
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1928 January 3
Newfoundland
1-cent stamp depicts map of Newfoundland, but has labeled Cape Bauld above Cape Norman, when they should be the other way around. A corrected stamp was issued in 1929. The Strait of Belle Isle is sometimes called the "Straits" of Belle Isle as this stamp is captioned.
Catalog numbers: Scott 145; Stanley Gibbons 164
Approximate value: US$0.75 (Scott 2014).
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1929 (month unknown)
France
20-franc stamp depicting the Pont du Gard aquaduct does not contain as many small arches in the top row as the real aquaduct.
Catalog numbers: Scott 253
Approximate value: US$40 (Scott 2014).
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1930 June 4
Guatemala
6-centavo airmail stamp depicts a plane high in the air with three engines, all of them apparently stalled.
Catalog numbers: Scott C7
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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1930 October 21
Italy
15-, 20-, 25-, 30-, 50-, 75-centesimi and 1-lira regular stamps, and 5+1.50-lira and 10+2.50-lira semi-postal stamps mark the 200th aniversary of the birth of Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) in 70 B.C.; but 2000 years from 30 B.C. is 1931 A.D. (there is no "0" year).
Catalog numbers: Scott 248-56
Approximate value: US$138.40 (Scott 2010).
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1930 November 12
Bulgaria
2- and 6-lev stamp depict Queen Ioanna, the same portrait as used on the 1- and 4-lev stamps but flipped left-right.
Catalog numbers: Scott 224,226
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2010).
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1932 May 3
Philippines
18-cent stamp depicts a waterfall with caption "Pagsanjan Falls", intending to show Pagsanjan Falls in Laguna, Luzon, Phillippines; what actually appears on the stamp is Vernal Falls in Yosemite National Park, California, USA.
Catalog numbers: Scott 357; Stanley Gibbons 427
Approximate value: US$15 (Scott 2018).
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1933 August 3
Newfoundland
350th anniversary of the annexation of Newfoundland by Sir Humphrey Gilbert on behalf of Queen Elizabeth I.
9-cent depicts nine ships arriving at Saint John's, but there should be only four, as the Bark Ralegh returned to port two days out from Plymouth.
Catalog numbers: Scott 219
Approximate value: US$7.50 (Scott 2010).
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1933 August 16
Italy
10-centesimi through 1.25-lira stamps depict Mussolini monument, but with the lettering running up the statue rather then down.
Catalog numbers: Scott 306-9
Approximate value: US$6.75 (Scott 2010).
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1933 October 10
Greece
1-drachma stamp is denominated in plural, ending "MAI" instead of "MH".
Catalog numbers: Scott C9
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1934 March 14
Costa Rica
5- through 75-centimo airmail stamps depict an airplane in flight with immobile propellor.
Catalog numbers: Scott C15-C23
Approximate value: US$2.50 (Scott 2014).
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1934 (month unknown)
Austria
6-groschen stamp depicts a man with ears that appear to have been drawn on backwards. The stamp is re-issued in 1935 with the ears corrected.
Catalog numbers: Scott 358
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1934 November 5
Germany
3+2-pfennig semi-postal stamp depicts a businessman holding a cordless telephone.
Catalog numbers: Scott B59
Approximate value: US$0.75 (Scott 2010).
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1935 May 1
Ceylon
2-cent stamp depicts tapping rubber tree, but real rubber trees show no above ground roots. The image was redrawn for re-issue in 1938.
Catalog numbers: Scott 264; Stanley Gibbons 368
Approximate value: US$0.45 (Scott 2014).
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1935 May 1
Kenya Uganda Tanganyika
5-cent stamp depicts a dhow boat, with the left rope not quite touching the sail at the top. A corrected version was issued.
Catalog numbers: Scott 47; Stanley Gibbons 111
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2010).
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1935 May 1
Kenya Uganda Tanganyika
30-cent stamp depicts Jinja Bridge, but omits carriage-way below rail bridge on left side, which was later included in 1942 re-issue.
Catalog numbers: Scott 51; Stanley Gibbons 115
Approximate value: US$1 (Scott 2010).
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1935 May 1
Luxembourg
15-centime semi-postal stamp depicts a journalist reading a newspaper, with the title printed on the last page, rather than the first.
Catalog numbers: Scott B65C
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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1935 (month unknown)
Argentina
20-centavo stamp is inscribed Juan Martin Guemes; a later issue is corrected to Martin Güemes.
Catalog numbers: Scott 437
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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