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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting design errors.
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1961 January 8
Ceylon
10-cent stamp depicts Prime Minister Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike with gray hair at temple; later re-issued with dark hair at temple.
Catalog numbers: Scott 362; Stanley Gibbons 471
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2014).
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1961 February 15
Greece
70-lepta stamp depicts the Acropolis in Athens, but with only 7 pillars instead of 8.
Catalog numbers: Scott 694
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1961 March 4
Upper Volta
100-franc stamp depicts plane over country with plane's shadow almost the same size as the country; it should be tiny for the distance that the plane would be above the country.
Catalog numbers: Scott C1; Stanley Gibbons 90
Approximate value: US$1 (Scott 2010).
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1961 March 25
France
30-centime stamp for the 400th anniversary of the introduction of tobacco use in France is inscribed correctly "Jean Nicot" but portrays Jan Nicquet (Flemish merchant) in error.
Catalog numbers: Scott 989
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1961 April 4
Italy
205-lira stamp depicts world map highlighting Italy and Peru, but the border between Peru and Ecuador is drawn incorrectly. The stamp was withdrawn on the day of issue, with a corrected stamp released two days later.
Catalog numbers: Scott 834a
Approximate value: US$1650 (Scott 2010).
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1961 May 31
Mongolia
20-mung stamp depicts Yuri Gagarin with an American Mercury spacecraft, rather than his Soviet Vostok 1.
Catalog numbers: Scott 232
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1961 (month unknown)
Germany (Federal Republic)
8-pfennig stamp depicts reversed image of engraving of Gutenberg, should face right as in source 16th century copper engraving.
Catalog numbers: Scott 826
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1961 September 15
Romania
1.75-lei stamp depicts Dimitrie Brândza (with "u" above the "a"), misspelled as "Brindza".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1468
Approximate value: US$3 (Scott 2010).
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1961 October 7
Togo
1-franc stamp marks 20th anniversary of death of Lord Baden-Powell, missing the hyphen in his name.
Catalog numbers: Scott 402; Stanley Gibbons 282
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1961 December 27
Panama
10-centesimo stamp depicts United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld, missing diaeresis above "o".
Catalog numbers: Scott C252; Stanley Gibbons 730
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1962 January 22
Luxembourg
2.50-franc stamp depicts man carrying bicycle for International Cross-country Bicycle Race, but the bicycle has no brakes, no gears, and no spokes.
Catalog numbers: Scott 384
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1962 April 7
United States of America
100th anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh.
4-cent stamp depicts a soldier with bayonet mounted incorrectly on the top of the rifle, which would interfer with proper aiming.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1179; Stanley Gibbons 1178
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2018).
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1962 August 2
Liechtenstein
25-rappen stamp depicts Prince Franz Josef II, but the same image appears on a 1963 stamp, flipped left-right; which one is correct?
Catalog numbers: Scott 238b
Approximate value: US$1.25 (Scott 2010).
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1962 August 31
Trinidad and Tobago
5-cent stamp depicts underwater scene, supposed to be at Buccoo Reef, but is actually from mural at bar of Hotel Normandie in Port of Spain, and none of the fish depicted are found in the reef.
Catalog numbers: Scott 105; Stanley Gibbons 300
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2009).
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1962 October 24
United Arab Republic
5-, 10-, and 35-millieme stamps depict United Nations' Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld, with misspelled caption "HAMMARSKJÖLDS".
Catalog numbers: Scott 574-76
Approximate value: US$0.60 (Scott 2010).
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1962 October 25
Afghanistan
1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-poul regular postage stamps and 100-, 150-, and 250-poul airmail stamps are inscribed "DE PROFESSEUR" instead of "DU PROFESSEUR".
Catalog numbers: Scott 627-631,C36-C37
Approximate value: US$2.85 (Scott 2018).
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1962 December 8
Belgium
40+10-centimes stamp depicts queen Louise-Marie with incorrect initials "ML". A replacement stamp with "L" was later issued.
Catalog numbers: Scott B725
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1962 December 9
Tanganyika
50-cent stamp depicts flag-hoisting on Mount Kilimanjaro; the flag is waving in the wind, but the torch flame is unaffected.
Catalog numbers: Scott 58; Stanley Gibbons 121
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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