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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting design errors.
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1958 March 24
Spain
70-centimo stamp depicts detail of Goya's painting Isabel Cobos de Porcel, but the image is flipped left-right.
Catalog numbers: Scott 871; Stanley Gibbons 1277; Michel 1111; Edifil 1214; Yvert 905
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1958 May 2
Laos
12-kip airmail stamp has the "2" of the denomination reversed in local script; "12" should look like "96".
Catalog numbers: Scott C32
Approximate value: US$1.00 (Scott 2010).
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1958 May
USSR
40-kopeck stamp depicts an inverted Czech flag, with red on top instead of the bottom half of the flag. A corrected version was soon issued.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2067
Approximate value: US$3 (Scott 2010).
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1958 May 31
Romania
55-ban stamp depicts Mikhail Glinka, with birth/death years as 1803-1857, rather than the correct 1804-1857.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1221; Stanley Gibbons 2579
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1958 (month unknown)
Kenya Uganda Tanganyika
15-cent stamp omits a dot below the "c" of the value like the others in the series. A corrected version is issued in 1959.
Catalog numbers: Scott 105
Approximate value: US$0.75 (Scott 2009).
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1958 October 20
Afghanistan
50- and 100-poul stamps mis-translates "atoms for peace" with "ATOME" rather than "ATÔMES".
Catalog numbers: Scott 462-463
Approximate value: US$1.15 (Scott 2018).
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1959 March 1
United Arab Republic (Syria)
40-piaster stamp has red overprint misspelling "conference" as "conferance".
Catalog numbers: Scott C21
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1959 June 17
United States of America
2 1/2-cent stamp depicts the Bunker Hill Monument on Breed's Hill. The stamp errs in the caption "Bunker Hill", rather than "Bunker Hill Monument" or "Breed's Hill".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1034
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2018).
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1959 June 22
Czechoslovakia
40-haleru stamp depicts Aurel Stodola (1859-1942), but with transposed last two digits making year "1924".
Catalog numbers: Scott 923
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1959 August 27
Haiti
50-centime stamp and 1.50-gourde airmail stamp commemorate the 3rd Pan American Games, with caption "3eme JEUX PAN AMERICAN" which should be "3eme JEUX PANAMERICAINS".
Catalog numbers: Scott 449,C147
Approximate value: US$0.90 (Scott 2010).
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1959 September 10
Canada
200th anniversary of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
5-cent postage stamp depicts a triple of maple leaves from one origin, when maple leaves occur only in pairs.
Catalog numbers: Scott 388; Michel 335; Yvert 315; Stanley Gibbons 514
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1959 December 8
Greece
4.50- and 6-drachma stamps depict Hungarian revolution leader Imre Nagy, with misspelled caption "NAGHI".
Catalog numbers: Scott 664-65
Approximate value: US$1.90 (Scott 2010).
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1959 December 15
Romania
40-bani stamp shows denomination as "40 ban", missing the "i".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1299; Stanley Gibbons 2683
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1959 December 22
United Arab Republic (Egypt)
10-millieme stamp depicts Abu Simbel Temple of Ramses II and caption "SAVEGUARD" instead of "SAFEGUARD".
Catalog numbers: Scott 493
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1960 January 1
Saint Lucia
8-, 10-, and 25-cent postage stamps shows Christopher Columbus' ship "Santa Maria" off the Pitons, but Columbus is not believed to have reached Saint Lucia.
Catalog numbers: Scott 173-175; Stanley Gibbons 188-190
Approximate value: US$1.65 (Scott 2010).
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1960 January 4
Jamaica
2-pence stamp depicts ship with sails indicating wind is blowing left, but flags are being blown right.
Catalog numbers: Scott 178
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2009).
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1960 February 1
Hungary
1.70-forint stamp depicts Somló castle with incorrect caption "SOMLYÓ".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1288b
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1960 April 11
Vatican City
15-lira stamp depicts the departure of Cardinal Sarto from Venice on July 26, 1903; the caption reads "June 27, 1903".
Catalog numbers: Scott 281; Stanley Gibbons 323
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1960 April 20
Austria
1.50-schilling stamp depicts President Adolf Schärf, but the left collar of his jacket is missing.
Catalog numbers: Scott 651
Approximate value: US$0.30 (Scott 2010).
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1960 May 12
United Arab Republic (Syria)
12 1/2-piaster stamp for Evacuation Day uses four backwards letter "N"s.
Catalog numbers: Scott 45
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1960 May 28
Argentina
1.80-peso stamp depicts Mariano Moreno, with designer name Miliavaca Grand misspelled as "MIGLIAVACA GRAND".
Catalog numbers: Scott C75
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1960 (month unknown)
Malaya (Johore)
20-cent stamp depicts a fishing boat, with no one steering; another person appears in other stamps of the same design.
Catalog numbers: Scott 164; Stanley Gibbons 161
Approximate value: US$0.75 (Scott 2010).
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1960 (month unknown)
Switzerland
40-centime stamp depicts a cathedral in Geneva, with the two towers reversed (note the upper row of three windows on the left).
Catalog numbers: Scott 389; Stanley Gibbons 621
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1960 (month unknown)
Switzerland
70-centime stamp depicts Saints Peter and Stephen Church, with a tower in the background and on the wrong side. This was actually done wrong, on purpose, as the denomination had to go on the left side of the stamp. Re-issued in 1963 without the tower showing, which is actually correct, as from that angle the tower (correctly on the left) is not tall enough to be visible.
Catalog numbers: Scott 392; Stanley Gibbons 624
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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