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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting design errors.
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1965 January 7
Bahamas
8-pence stamp depicts yachts blown by the wind in opposite directions.
Catalog numbers: Scott 211; Stanley Gibbons 254
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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1965 April 12
Ghana
1-pence, 2-pence, 1-shilling 3-pence, and 5-shilling stamps incorrectly spell the full name of the ITU with an "s" in "communications".
Catalog numbers: Scott 204-207; Stanley Gibbons 369-72
Approximate value: US$2.65 (Scott 2010).
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1965 May 5
Germany (Democratic Republic)
60-pfennig stamp depicts Yevgeny Khaldei's photo of Russian soldiers raising the Soviet Union flag on the German Reichstag, but the image is reversed left-right.
Catalog numbers: Scott 767
Approximate value: US$1.40 (Scott 2010).
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1965 June 25
Germany (Federal Republic)
15-pfennig stamp depicts a yellow bus that must have been printed facing the wrong direction, as Germany drove on the right-hand side in 1965, so this bus would have let passengers out in the middle of the road.
Catalog numbers: Scott 921
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1965 June 25
Germany (Federal Republic)
70-pfennig stamp depicts flags and sails of ship blown in opposite directions.
Catalog numbers: Scott 925
Approximate value: US$0.30 (Scott 2010).
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1965 (month unknown)
Niger
45-franc stamp depicts red jasmine (Plumeria rubra) misspelled as "PLUMIERIA RUBRA".
Catalog numbers: Scott 135; Stanley Gibbons 165
Approximate value: US$0.85 (Scott 2010).
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1965 July 15
Barbados
3-cent stamp depicts sea horse with caption "Hippocanpus" instead of "Hippocampus". Corrected version released in 1967.
Catalog numbers: Scott 269; Stanley Gibbons 324
Approximate value: US$0.60 (Scott 2010).
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1965 July 17
France
60-centime stamp depicts a small sailboat with wind filling the sail, yet not tipping the slightest or showing any indication of movement on the water.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1127
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1965 July 19
Mauritania
100-franc stamp depicts a crab with only 6 legs, instead of 8.
Catalog numbers: Scott C42
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2010).
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1965 July 28
Germany (Federal Republic)
20-pfennig stamp depicts Stuttgart television tower, with radio waves eminating from the restaurant rather than the top of the aerial.
Catalog numbers: Scott 932
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1965 August
Syria
2 1/2-, 12 1/2-, and 15-piaster stamps publicize the Peasants' Union, but there are two "R" letters in "RERUBLIC".
Catalog numbers: Scott 474-476; Stanley Gibbons 885-886
Approximate value: US$0.60 (Scott 2010).
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1965 August 16
Saint Vincent
1-cent stamp depicting boat-building is inscribed "BEOUIA" instead of "BEQOUIA"; a corrected stamp was issued in 1967.
Catalog numbers: Scott 226; Stanley Gibbons 231
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1965 September 8
Canada
5-cent stamp depicts the Peace Tower in Ottawa, but the real clock shows "IIII" not "IV", and the numbers should be oriented as viewed from the center.
Catalog numbers: Scott 441
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1965 September 14
Mali
100-franc airmail stamp depicts Pope John XXIII with tiara worn rotated 90 degrees (we should see the side of the cross), and possibly the wrong tiara and clothes.
Catalog numbers: Scott C30
Approximate value: US$1 (Scott 2010).
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1966 January 25
Great Britain
1-shilling 3-pence stamp depicts Alexander Nasmyth's portrait of Robert Burns, but the image is flipped left-right.
Catalog numbers: Scott 445; Stanley Gibbons 686
Approximate value: US$0.45 (Scott 2010).
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1966 February 5
Italy
40-lira stamp depicts an 8-sided snowflake, when all snow crystals have six sides.
Catalog numbers: Scott 927
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1966 March 20
Morocco
25-centime stamp depicts cross-country runner and commemorates the 53rd International Cross-country Race, and includes the Olympic Games five-ring logo, which should not be there.
Catalog numbers: Scott 141
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1966 May 3
Vatican City
150-lira stamp depicts church of Bright Mountain, Czestochowa, but errs in placing the cedilla under the "z" rather than the "e".
Catalog numbers: Scott 437; Stanley Gibbons 481
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1966 June
Ecuador
10-centavo stamp depicts Dante's Dream by Rossetti, with incorrect accent in "Réve", which should be "Rêve".
Catalog numbers: Scott 750
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1966 June 24
Ecuador
1-sucre stamp depicts Dag Hammarskjöld, with last name misspelled "Hammerskjöld" (two errors).
Catalog numbers: Scott 753A
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott2010).
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1966 October 22
Argentina
10-peso stamp honors Miguel Lillo, botanist and chemist, but depicts an associate called Padilla.
Catalog numbers: Scott 806
Approximate value: US$0.35 (Scott 2010).
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1966 December 29
Hungary
60-filler stamp depicts the American Gemini 6 and 7 space capsules, with astronaut Walter Schirra's name misspelled "SCHIRA".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1804
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1966 December 29
Hungary
3-forint stamp depicts American Gemini 11 space flight of 1966, with wrong year "1965".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1810; Stanley Gibbons 2254
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2009).
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