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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting design errors.
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1964 January 4
Jordan
15-, 35-, 50-, and 80-fil stamps depict Pope Paul IV with caption "PAPA PAULUS IV".
Catalog numbers: Scott 428-31
Approximate value: US$2.30 (Scott 2010).
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1964 January 17
Iceland
10-kroner stamp for the 50th anniversary of the Iceland Steamship Company omits accent on second "e" of "EIMSKIPAFÉLAG"; corrected version also exists.
Catalog numbers: Scott 359
Approximate value: US$40.00.
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1964 January 27
Bulgaria
1-stotinki stamp for 100th anniversary of International Red Cross depicts world map on two circles, but omits Antarctica.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1306
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1964 March 3
Afghanistan
2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 10-poul regular postage stamps and 1.5-, 2-, 3-, 3.5-, 4-, and 6-rupee Afghani airmail stamps issued for Teachers' Day omit the accent on the first "E" of "JOURNEE".
Catalog numbers: Scott 671,671A-J
Approximate value: US$15.90 (Scott 2018).
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1964 March 9
USSR
3-kopek stamp depicts Olympic ice hockey with 5-sided snowflake design (should have six).
Catalog numbers: Scott 2866
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1964 April 23
Great Britain
3-pence through 1-shilling 6-pence stamps depict a portrait of William Shakespeare flipped left-right to the orientation of all accepted portraits.
Catalog numbers: Scott 402-5; Stanley Gibbons 646-49
Approximate value: US$2.80 (Scott 2010).
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1964 April 25
Romania
1.35-lei stamp depicts a man on a horse, but the proportions of the two are way off.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1633; Stanley Gibbons 3144
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1964 May 12
Afghanistan
3.75-rupee Afghani stamp has the arabic denomination incorrectly showing 3.25.
Catalog numbers: Scott 678
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2018).
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1964 May 14
Canada
5-cent postage stamp depicts a "Three-Maple-Leaf Emblem" of Canadian Unity, but such a thing does not exist in Nature, as maple leafs occur in pairs.
Catalog numbers: Scott 417
Approximate value: US$0.20 (CScott 2010).
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1964 May 26
Luxembourg
3-franc stamp depicts a barge about to enter the lock at Grevenmacher Dam, but the water level in the lock is still high, the door is closed, and the ship is moving toward it!
Catalog numbers: Scott 410
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1964 June 19
Kuwait
8- to 45-fil stamps depict wind blowing sails left, while the flag blows left.
Catalog numbers: Scott 257-60
Approximate value: US$1.45 (Scott 2010).
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1964 June 26
Germany (Democratic Republic)
70-pfennig stamp depicts women in agriculture, but from the overlap of the coat (should be right over left for women), the image must be reversed left-right.
Catalog numbers: Scott 705
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1964 June 29
Brazil
20-cruzeiro stamp issued in memoriam of Pope John XXIII, but misspells as "memorian".
Catalog numbers: Scott 980
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1964 (month unknown)
Dubai
4-naye paise stamp depicts an athlete on suspended rings, but the image is upside down.
Catalog numbers: Scott 46
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1964 July 6
Malawi
5-shilling stamp depicts Monkey Bay and Lake Nyasa (as in the caption) or Lake Malawi. Malawi claims one name, neighbors claim the previous name. In 1965 Malawi re-issued this same stamp with the name changed to "Lake Malawi".
Catalog numbers: Scott 15; Stanley Gibbons 225
Approximate value: US$0.75 (Scott 2010).
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1964 August 24
Afghanistan
25-, 75-poul stamps inscribed "33rd year of independence" in error instead of 46th, with that whole section blocked out by a gold bar to hide the error.
Catalog numbers: Scott 695-696
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2018).
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1964 September 21
Panama
21-centesimo stamp depicts Dag Hammarskjöld, misspelled as "Hammerskjöld".
Catalog numbers: Scott C327; Stanley Gibbons 897
Approximate value: US$0.60.
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1964 September 28
Romania
1.55-leu stamp is erroneously demoninated "1.55 BANI".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1683; Stanley Gibbons 3203
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1964 October
Togo
100-franc airmail stamp depicts tennis player over Olympic rings for 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, except tennis was not part of the Olympics in 1964.
Catalog numbers: Scott C43; Stanley Gibbons 390
Approximate value: US$0.30 (Scott 2010).
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1964 November 22
Bhutan
33-chetrum, 1-ngultrum, and 3-ngultrum stamps depict incorrect United Kingdom Union Jack flag.
Catalog numbers: Scott 31-33
Approximate value: US$2.35 (Scott 2010).
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1964 December 3
Monaco
50-centime stamp depicts US President John Kennedy and his famous "ask not..." speech, but mis-quotes with "will" instead of "can".
Catalog numbers: Scott 596
Approximate value: US$0.60 (Scott 2010).
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1964 December 12
France
20+10-centime semi-postal stamp honors Jean Nicolas Corvisart, but depicts his nephew Louis.
Catalog numbers: Scott B385
Approximate value: US$0.35 (Scott 2014).
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