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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting design errors.
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1956 January 16
New Zealand
2-pence stamp depicts whalers about to harpoon a whale, but with no rope attached to the harpoon, the whale will get away.
Catalog numbers: Scott 313; Stanley Gibbons 752
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1956 April 3
Monaco
5-franc depicting Dwight Eisenhower, but the image is flipped left-right; the left part of the jacket should close over the right.
Catalog numbers: Scott 357
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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1956 May 15
Greece
2-drachma stamp depicts globe and Rotary emblem, but the area shown of Greece and Turkey is way too large in proportion to the Earth; the North Pole would be the Black Sea, and the South Pole about the middle of Africa.
Catalog numbers: Scott 586
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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1956 (month unknown)
PRo China
8-fen stamp depicts Gate of Heavenly Peace, with Sun seen rising over Tiananmon Square from an impossible direction. The stamp is withdrawn.
Catalog numbers: Scott 294?
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1956 (month unknown)
Romania
55-ban stamp marks the 7th anniversary of collective farming (should be 1949), but with incorrect caption "1951". A corrected stamp is soon issued.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1107a; Stanley Gibbons 2444
Approximate value: US$6 (Scott 2010).
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1956 July 20
Germany (Democratic Republic)
10-pfennig and 20-pfennig stamps depict composer Robert Schumann with composition by Franz Schubert in the background. Corrected versions were released three months later.
Catalog numbers: Scott 295-96
Approximate value: US$1.15 (Scott 2010).
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1956 August 27
USSR
40-kopeck stamp depicts Mahmud Bagir Ogly Aivazov with first name misspelled as "Muhamed". A second stamp was issued with corrected name.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1860a
Approximate value: US$18 (Scott 2010).
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1956 August 29
Romania
55-ban stamp depicts Maxim Gorky, with birth/death years as 1869-1936, rather than the correct 1868-1936.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1110; Stanley Gibbons 2452
Approximate value: US$0.30 (Scott 2010).
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1956 September 16
Luxembourg
2-, 3-, 4-franc stamps depict "EUROPA" with engraver's name showing a reversed "Z".
Catalog numbers: Scott 318-20
Approximate value: US$19.50 (Scott 2010).
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1956 September 26
Egypt
10-millieme stamp depicts a map of the Suez Canal, with the canal appearing to join with Lake Manzala, when it does not.
Catalog numbers: Scott 386
Approximate value: US$0.60 (Scott 2014).
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1956 October 24
Afghanistan
35+15- and 140+15-poul semi-postal stamps marking the 10th anniversary of Afghanistan's admission into the United Nations, with an extra "N" in "AFGHANNES".
Catalog numbers: Scott B11-B12
Approximate value: US$2.85 (Scott 2018).
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1956 October 31
Australia
1-shilling stamp depicts electric trams in Melbourne omitting those pesky overhead power lines.
Catalog numbers: Scott 290; Stanley Gibbons 292
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2010).
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1957 April 30
Czechoslovakia
60-haleru stamp depicts a bow and arrow, with no string being pulled back on the bow.
Catalog numbers: Scott 798
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1957 June 17
Luxembourg
2- and 2.50-franc stamps depict Lord Baden-Powell, missing hyphen in his name.
Catalog numbers: Scott 324-25
Approximate value: US$2.50 (Scott 2010).
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1957 June 20
France
30-franc stamp depicts symbols of public works, with the engraver's name "J. PIEL" (near the bottom right corner) flipped left-right; perhaps the entire image was flipped?
Catalog numbers: Scott 835
Approximate value: US$1.10 (Scott 2014).
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1957 July 2
Pitcairn Islands
4-pence stamp depicts the schoolteacher's house, mislabelled "PITCAIRN SCHOOL". A corrected stamp labelled "SCHOOLTEACHER'S HOUSE" is issued in 1958.
Catalog numbers: Scott 25; Stanley Gibbons 23
Approximate value: US$0.95 (Scott 2010).
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1957 July 29
Belgium
4-franc stamp depicts Lord Baden-Powell, missing hyphen in his name.
Catalog numbers: Scott 510
Approximate value: US$0.45 (Scott 2010).
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1957 October 4
Bulgaria
44-stotinki stamp for the 4th International Trade Union Congress depicts two globes of the Earth showing the land masses, but omits Antarctica. (is this an oversight or because there is no trade union representation on Antarctica?)
Catalog numbers: Scott 987
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1957 December 27
Ghana
1-shilling 3-pence stamp depicts a medieval galleon with flags flying perpendicular to the direction that the wind is blowing the sails.
Catalog numbers: Scott 15; Stanley Gibbons 183
Approximate value: US$0.35 (Scott 2010).
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