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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting design errors.
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1967 January 4
Malawi
1-shilling 6-pence stamp depicts the Chauncy Maples steamer, misspelling it "Chauncey".
Catalog numbers: Scott 69; Stanley Gibbons 279
Approximate value: US$0.60 (Scott 2010).
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1967 February 11
Belgium
2-franc stamp promotes the Fire Arms Museum at Liege, but does not translate Liege into Dutch "Luik".
Catalog numbers: Scott 681
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1967 February 23
Guyana
5- and 25-cent stamps depict British Guiana 1856 1-cent black postage stamp, but omit an apostrophe in "WORLDS".
Catalog numbers: Scott 26-27; Stanley Gibbons 414-15
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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1967 May 25
Ecuador
40-centavo stamp depicts a painting of the Madonna and child by Jan Sanders van Hemessen, with caption misspelled "HERMESEN".
Catalog numbers: Scott 762A
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1967 May 25
Ecuador
50-centavo stamp depicts a painting of the Madonna and child by Hans Memling, with surname misspelled "MEMLINE".
Catalog numbers: Scott 762B
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1967 July 31
Cook Islands
4-cent stamp depicts water lillies with misspelled caption "WALTER LILY". The stamp was soon re-issued with correct caption.
Catalog numbers: Scott 204; Stanley Gibbons 232A
Approximate value: US$1.10 (Scott 2014).
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1968 March 4
Honduras
5-cent stamp depicts name of Fernando Atzori misspelled as "Azzori".
Catalog numbers: Scott C431
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1968 March 4
Honduras
10-centavos airmail stamp misspells members of French womens' skiing team M. Goitschell and C. Goitschell as "GOITSHELL".
Catalog numbers: Scott C432
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1968 March 4
Honduras
12-centavos airmail stamp misspells member of German equestrian team Dr. F. Klimke as "Dr. F. KLEINKE".
Catalog numbers: Scott C433
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1968 March 21
Dubai
Painting of Lady Cockburn and Her Three Eldest Sons is captioned "Mrs Cookburn & her children".
Catalog numbers: Stanley Gibbons 287
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1968 April 7
Nigeria
1-shilling 6-pence stamp commemorates the 20th anniversary of the World Health Organization, but misspells "inoculation" with an extra "n".
Catalog numbers: Scott 217; Stanley Gibbons 207
Approximate value: US$0.35 (Scott 2010).
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1968 April 29
Monaco
1968 Olympic Games, Mexico.
3-franc airmail stamp depicts a field hockey player, but the image is reversed, as the left hand should be at the top of the stick.
Catalog numbers: Scott C74
Approximate value: US$1.75 (Scott 2010).
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1968 May 12
Brazil
5-centavo stamp depicts painting by Henrique Bernardelli, with surname misspelled as "Bernardeli".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1083; Stanley Gibbons 1214
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2018).
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1968 June 14
Afghanistan
2+2- and 7+2-rupee Afghani semi-postal stamps for Mother's Day error with "MÉRES" instead of "MÈRES".
Catalog numbers: Scott B83-84
Approximate value: US$0.80 (Scott 2010).
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1968 (month unknown)
Sharjah and Dependencies
1-Dh stamp depicts tobogganing on a Winter Olympics stamp, which is not part of the Olympics.
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1968 (month unknown)
Sharjah and Dependencies
2-Dh stamp depicts sport of curling on stamp for 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, when curling was not even a demonstration sport at the 1968 Olympics.
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1968 (month unknown)
Yemen
1/3-bogache stamp depicts part of the painting Gypsy Girl by Frans Hals, but miscaptions it "The Gipsy", and misspells the Louvre museum in Paris as "LOUVRES".
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1968 August 26
Gibraltar
1-shilling stamp depicts King John signing the Magna Carta (Charter of Liberties) in 1215; the King did not sign with a quill pen, but with a wax seal.
Catalog numbers: Scott 215; Stanley Gibbons 229
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1968 August 31
Ras al Khaima
3-riyal stamp depicts figure skater Peggy Fleming, with misspelled caption "FLEMMING".
Catalog numbers: Michel 258A
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1968 October 1
New Zealand
2 1/2-cent stamp depicts Adoration of the Child by Gerrit Van Honthorst, but erroneously captions it "Adoration of the Shepherds".
Catalog numbers: Scott 414; Stanley Gibbons 892
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1968 October 12
Malaysia
19th Olympic Games, Mexico City, October 12-27.
30-cent stamp depicts Olympic rings in an incorrect configuration.
Catalog numbers: Scott 56
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2018).
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1968 November
China (People's Republic)
8-fen stamp inscribed in Chinese "The entire nation is red" shows a map of China in red but Taiwan in white.
Catalog numbers: Scott 999A
Approximate value: US$100,000 (Scott 2014).
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1968 December 12
Monaco
30-centime stamp depicts François Joseph Bosio with birth year 1768, but a set of eight Monaco 1948 stamps put his birth year at 1769. Which is correct?
Catalog numbers: Scott 708
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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