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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting design errors.
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1970 February 4
Chile
150th anniversary of capture of Valdiva ship in war of independence.
40-centavo stamp shows flag on ship flying opposite to direction wind is blowing.
Catalog numbers: Scott 384
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1970 March 7
France
80-centime stamp depicts the French Aérotrain, but shows it with 8 blades rather than 7 of the real train.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1267
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2014).
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1970 May 6
Israel
12-agorot stamp depicts Orchis laxiflora misspelled as "ORCHIS LAXIFLORUS".
Catalog numbers: Scott 414
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1970 May 13
Germany (Democratic Republic)
10-pfennig stamp adds an extra "A" to "international", resulting in "INTERNATIAONAL".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1204
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2010).
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1970 July 2
Chad
5-franc stamp for the World Cup Soccer Championships depicts the Union Jack flag red diagonals drawn incorrectly.
Catalog numbers: Scott 227C
Approximate value: US$1 (Scott 2014).
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1970 July 8
Papua New Guinea
5-cent stamp depicts Fokker F27 Friendship plane with the tail logo reversed.
Catalog numbers: Scott 308; Stanley Gibbons
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1970 August 21
Iraq
5-fils stamp depicts oranges but has latin caption "Vitis vinifera" for grapes;
10-fils stamp depicts grapes but has latin caption "Citrus medica" for oranges.
Catalog numbers: Scott 563-64
Approximate value: US$0.55 (Scott 2010).
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1970 September 28
Korea
Visit of General Fidel Sanchez Hernandez, President of El Salvador.
10-won stamp is inscribed Korean for "Salvadol"; the second printing corrects the error.
Catalog numbers: Scott 728
Approximate value: US$0.35 (Scott 2009).
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1970 October 19
Paraguay
25-centimo stamp misspells astronaut James Lovell's name as "Lowell".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1276d; Michel 2060; Yvert 1039
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1970 October 28
Antigua
3-cent stamp depicts Albrecht Dürer's Nativity scene, but his monogram is seen in the lower right corner to be flipped side-to-side (the curve of the "D" is on the left instead of right).
Catalog numbers: Scott 258; Stanley Gibbons 286
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1970 November 10
Afghanistan
1-, 4-, 12-afghani stamps commemorate the 100th anniversary of first Afghanistan postage stamps, but stamps depicted are from 1871 as that is the first year of Afghani stamps.
Catalog numbers: Scott 839-841
Approximate value: US$0.90 (Scott 2018).
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1970 November 21
United States of America
6-cent stamp commemorates the 350th anniversary of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower landing in America. The flag on the ship is the Union Jack as of 1801, incorporating the red "X" of St Patrick's Cross.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1420; Stanley Gibbons 1416
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2018).
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1970 December 12
Italy
25-lira stamp depicts an electric train moving without the overhead electrical power cable.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1031
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1971 February 25
Mongolia
10-mung stamp depicts the simultaneous orbits of Soviet spacecraft Vostok 3 and Vostok 4, mislabelled as "VOSTOK 2-3".
Catalog numbers: Scott 602
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1971 March 8
Mali
150-franc stamp depicts horse race at Epsom Derby, but that racecourse does not contain any obstacles like pictured on the stamp.
Catalog numbers: Scott C117
Approximate value: US$0.90 (Scott 2010).
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1971 March 15
Greece
6-drachma stamp depicts drawing of several ships, with sails and flags blowing in any old direction, even on the same ship.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1021
Approximate value: US$0.90 (Scott 2010).
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1971 March 23
Paraguay
15-centimo stamp depicts Helge Løvland as the gold medal winner in the decathlon at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, but writes his last name "LÖVLAND", and he won the gold in 1920 in Antwerp.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1325b
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1971 April 2
Burundi
26-franc airmail stamp depicts the painting The Resurrection by Hans Pleydenwurff, with an extra "y" in his surname.
Catalog numbers: Scott C145; Stanley Gibbons 666
Approximate value: US$0.35 (Scott 2010).
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1971 May 20
Bhutan
10-chetrum stamp depicts Alfa Romeo car, misspelled "Rameo".
Catalog numbers: Scott 128B
Approximate value: US$1 (Scott 2010).
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1971 June 21
Spain
1-peseta stamp (possibly others) marks the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Legion, with red print "EXTRAJEROS" that should read "EXTRANJEROS".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1685
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1971 (month unknown)
Bahamas
3-cent stamp depicts an 8-sided snowflake design, when snowflakes must have 6 sides.
Catalog numbers: Scott 331
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1971 July
Jordan
5-fil stamp marks the International Year Against Racial Discrimination, but adds an extra "i" to "Kingdom" resulting in "KINIGDOM".
Catalog numbers: Scott 668
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1971 November 1
Chad
5-franc stamp for the World Cup Soccer Championships depicts the Union Jack flag drawn incorrectly.
Catalog numbers: Scott 227E
Approximate value: US$17.50 (Scott 2014).
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1971 November 16
USSR
10-kopek stamp depicts US Communist Party leader William Foster, with year of death "1964" instead of the correct 1961. A corrected stamp was issued December 8.
Catalog numbers: Scott 3915a
Approximate value: US$7.25 (Scott 2010).
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1971 December 13
Kenya
50-cent stamp depicts a violet sailor sea shell, with incorrect inscription "Janthina globosa"; in 1974 a corrected version is issued inscribed "Janthina janthina";
70-cent stamp depicts a pearly nautilus sea shell, with incorrect inscription "Nautilus pompileus"; in 1974 a corrected version is issued inscribed "Nautilus pompilius".
Catalog numbers: Scott 42,44
Approximate value: US$1.55 (Scott 2009).
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1971 December 30
Hungary
3-forint stamp for Olympic Winter Games in Sapporo depicts bobsledding event with three riders, when there are only 2- and 4-man bobsledding events.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2120
Approximate value: US$0.30 (Scott 2010).
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