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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting design errors.
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1945 March 1
Luxembourg
1.20+1.80-franc semi-postal stamp depicts the Communist hammer and sickle symbol flipped left-right.
Catalog numbers: Scott B118
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1945 May 16
France
4+1-franc semi-postal stamp, Sarah Bernhardt birth centennary, says designer "C. Mazelin", but was actually Pierre Gandon.
Catalog numbers: Scott B191
Approximate value: US$0.30 (Scott 2009).
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1945 (month unknown)
Bulgaria
2- and 4-lev stamps depict large crown close to coat of arms; also as smaller crown higher above the coat of arms. Is one an error that was quickly corrected?
Catalog numbers: Scott 472-73
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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1945 August 29
Czechoslovakia
1.50-koruna stamp depicts flags of Russia, Great Britain, USA, and Czechoslovakia, But the diagonal stripe on the British flag should be half that thickess, and in only the lower half of the white diagonal. The US flag should not have the rows of stars alternating in indent, but be a rectangular grid of six rows of eight stars.
Catalog numbers: Scott 288
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1945 September 1
Nyasaland
1/2- and 9-pence stamps depict a man in a canoe, but flipping over his reflection reveals an incorrect reflection of his right arm.
Catalog numbers: Scott 68,75; Stanley Gibbons 144,151
Approximate value: US$1.60 (Scott 2010).
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1945 September 1
Nyasaland
3-pence and 2-shilling stamps depict a double-bladed paddle, something not used by the natives; corrected to be single-blade paddle in the 1953 issues of Queen Elizabeth II.
Catalog numbers: Scott 72,77; Stanley Gibbons 148,153
Approximate value: US$3.95 (Scott 2010).
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1945 September 28
United States of America
Achievements of the US Army in World War II.
3-cent postage stamp depicts an actual photo of American troops in front of the Arc de Triomphe in France. As there was no airplane flyover, their addition to the stamp design should not have been done.
Catalog numbers: Scott 934; Michel 539; Yvert 486
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2018).
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1945 December 14
Colombia
20-, 30-, and 50-centavo stamps mark the 25th anniversary of first airmail service in America, but earlier airmail services are known to have existed.
Catalog numbers: Scott 524-26
Approximate value: US$4.20 (Scott 2014).
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1946 May 25
France
2+3-franc semi-postal stamp depicts Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin's painting Lady Sealing a Letter, but the image is reversed left-right.
Catalog numbers: Scott B205
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2014).
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1946 June 4
Argentina
5-centavo stamp marking the inauguration of President Juan Perón depicts Liberty holding her left hand up, and the President's right hand on papers (Bible? Constitution?), meaning his left hand is raised; shouldn't the President raise his right hand for the swearing-in ceremony? Was the image mirrored left-to-right?
Catalog numbers: Scott 552
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1946 June 6
Cameroun
5-franc airmail postage stamp depicts a pair of camels with 7 legs between them. The left camel appears in front of the right camel, but only three legs can be attributed to it.
Catalog numbers: Scott C9
Approximate value: US$1.10 (Scott 2009).
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1946 June 6
French Equatorial Africa
5-franc airmail postage stamp depicts a pair of camels with 7 legs between them. The left camel appears in front of the right camel, but only three legs can be attributed to it.
Catalog numbers: Scott C25
Approximate value: US$1.10 (Scott 2014).
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1946 June 6
French Guiana
5-franc airmail postage stamp depicts a pair of camels with 7 legs between them. The left camel appears in front of the right camel, but only three legs can be attributed to it.
Catalog numbers: Scott C12
Approximate value: US$1.15 (Scott 2009).
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1946 June 6
French India
2-fanon 12-caches airmail postage stamp depicts a pair of camels with 7 legs between them. The left camel appears in front of the right camel, but only three legs can be attributed to it.
Catalog numbers: Scott C8
Approximate value: US$0.75 (Scott 2009).
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1946 June 6
French Polynesia
5-franc airmail postage stamp depicts a pair of camels with 7 legs between them. The left camel appears in front of the right camel, but only three legs can be attributed to it.
Catalog numbers: Scott C11
Approximate value: US$1.50 (Scott 2009).
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1946 June 6
French West Africa
5-franc airmail postage stamp depicts a pair of camels with 7 legs between them. The left camel appears in front of the right camel, but only three legs can be attributed to it.
Catalog numbers: Scott C5
Approximate value: US$1.25 (Scott 2009).
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1946 June 6
Guadeloupe
5-franc airmail postage stamp depicts a pair of camels with 7 legs between them. The left camel appears in front of the right camel, but only three legs can be attributed to it.
Catalog numbers: Scott C4
Approximate value: US$1.40 (Scott 2009).
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1946 June 6
Indo-China
50-cent airmail postage stamp depicts a pair of camels with 7 legs between them. The left camel appears in front of the right camel, but only three legs can be attributed to it.
Catalog numbers: Scott C20
Approximate value: US$0.80 (Scott 2009).
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1946 June 6
Madagascar
5-franc airmail postage stamp depicts a pair of camels with 7 legs between them. The left camel appears in front of the right camel, but only three legs can be attributed to it.
Catalog numbers: Scott C45
Approximate value: US$1.25 (Scott 2009).
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1946 June 6
Martinique
5-franc airmail postage stamp depicts a pair of camels with 7 legs between them. The left camel appears in front of the right camel, but only three legs can be attributed to it.
Catalog numbers: Scott C4
Approximate value: US$0.70 (Scott 2009).
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1946 June 6
New Caledonia
5-franc airmail postage stamp depicts a pair of camels with 7 legs between them. The left camel appears in front of the right camel, but only three legs can be attributed to it.
Catalog numbers: Scott C15
Approximate value: US$1.25 (Scott 2009).
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1946 June 6
Reunion
5-franc airmail postage stamp depicts a pair of camels with 7 legs between them. The left camel appears in front of the right camel, but only three legs can be attributed to it.
Catalog numbers: Scott C26; Stanley Gibbons 278
Approximate value: US$0.85 (Scott 2009).
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1946 June 6
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
5-franc airmail postage stamp depicts a pair of camels with 7 legs between them. The left camel appears in front of the right camel, but only three legs can be attributed to it.
Catalog numbers: Scott C9; Stanley Gibbons 355
Approximate value: US$1.10 (Scott 2009).
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1946 (month unknown)
Madagascar
200-franc stamp depicts a flying plane with no propellors. Even though spinning in flight, a static picture should show the propellors.
Catalog numbers: Scott C53
Approximate value: US$2.00 (Scott 2018).
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1946 (month unknown)
Somali Coast
5-franc airmail postage stamp depicts a pair of camels with 7 legs between them. The left camel appears in front of the right camel, but only three legs can be attributed to it.
Catalog numbers: Scott C9
Approximate value: US$1.75 (Scott 2009).
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1946 (month unknown)
Wallis and Futuna Islands
5-franc airmail postage stamp depicts a pair of camels with 7 legs between them. The left camel appears in front of the right camel, but only three legs can be attributed to it.
Catalog numbers: Scott C2
Approximate value: US$1.10 (Scott 2009).
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1946 September 16
Canada
17-cent airmail special delivery stamp errors with circumflex accent on second "E" of "EXPRÊS" instead of grave accent "EXPRÈS". A corrected stamp is issued December 3, 1947.
Catalog numbers: Scott CE3; Stanley Gibbons S16
Approximate value: US$4.25 (Scott 2014).
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1947 January
France
100-franc airmail stamp depicts a woman with four toes on her foot.
Catalog numbers: Scott C20
Approximate value: US$4 (Scott 2014).
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1947 February 25
Romania
3000-leu stamp depicts flags of USA, Russia, Great Britain, and Romania. The British flag should not have the two thin white vertical stripes, and the diagonal red stripes should be half the thickness and off-center.
Catalog numbers: Scott 644; Stanley Gibbons 1852
Approximate value: US$0.45 (Scott 2010).
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1947 May 15
Monaco
50-cent airmail stamp depicts US President Franklin Roosevelt with six fingers on his left hand.
Catalog numbers: Scott C16
Approximate value: US$1.25 (Scott 2010).
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1947 (month unknown)
Germany
2-pfennig stamp depicts the Sun's rays in the background, but one the rays past the shovel handle does not exist on the other side.
Catalog numbers: Scott 557
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1947 (month unknown)
Poland
1-zloty stamp depicts Jacek Malczewski's year of birth as 1855, when it should be 1854.
Catalog numbers: Scott 399; Stanley Gibbons 586
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1947 (month unknown)
Poland
6-zloty stamp depicts Stefan Jaracz, but with year of death 1945 missing first digit. All other stamps in this series show 4-digit dates over portraits, so if the "1" is hiding behind his head, it was done so in error.
Catalog numbers: Scott 399
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1947 September
Australia
150th anniversary of discovery of Hunter River estuary by Lieutenant John Shortland.
2 1/2-pence stamp depicts Captain John Shortland (father) instead of Lieutenant John Shortland (son).
Catalog numbers: Scott 207; Stanley Gibbons 219
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1947 September
Australia
150th anniversary of discovery of Hunter River estuary.
5 1/2-pence stamp depicts cranes loading coal, but one crane is missing the main tending cable supporting the load weight.
Catalog numbers: Scott 209; Stanley Gibbons 221
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1947 October 6
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
10-cent through 20-franc postal tax stamps depicts three leopards as part of coat of arms, instead of the correct two leopards.
Catalog numbers: Scott J68-J77; Stanley Gibbons D385-D394
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