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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting design errors.
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1972 February 7
Gabon
70-franc stamp dedpicts Rialto Bridge painting by Canaletto, but erroneously inscribed "Caffi".
Catalog numbers: Scott C124
Approximate value: US$1.00 US$1.00 (Scott 2009).
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1972 May 25
Equatorial Guinea
3-peseta stamp depicts Italian Eugenio Monti as winner of team of four-man bobsled in the 1968 Winter Olympics, but depicts a two-man bobsled event.
Catalog numbers: Scott 7258
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2014).
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1972 June 15
Chad
75-franc stamp depicts Olympic winner Norwegian skiier Pål Tyldum, erroneously with a Swedish flag.
Catalog numbers: Scott 265
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1972 (month unknown)
Guyana
25-cent stamp depicts flowers of the Maribunta plant. The flowers were found to be upside-down, so they were rotated 180 degrees, and re-issued as a new stamp in 1973.
Catalog numbers: Scott 141
Approximate value: US$6.50 (Scott 2010).
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1972 November 20
Chile
1.15-escudo stamp depicts what should be a 6-string guitar, but whether you are counting white or black, one string disappears temporarily in the center hole, which is also on top of the strings.
Catalog numbers: Scott 430
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1972 November 25
Yemen
7- and 10-bogache regular stamps and 21-bogache airmail stamp mark 10th anniversary of revolution, abbreviating "10th" incorrectly as "10m".
Catalog numbers: Scott 301-302,C40
Approximate value: US$4.65 (Scott 2010).
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1972 November 30
Cuba
2-centavo postage stamp depicts a 15th century caravel, with wind blowing flag in opposite direction of sails;
13-centavo postage stamp depicts a 19th century steam packet, with wind blowing four flags in opposite direction of sails.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1747,1751
Approximate value: US$0.95 (Scott 2010).
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1973 February 6
Christmas Island
9-cent stamp depicts ship Imperieuse incorrectly inscribed "Imperious".
Catalog numbers: Scott 47
Approximate value: US$0.60 (Scott 2014).
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1973 February 7
Malawi
30-tambalas stamp depicts the Amauris ansorgei butterfly with wrong caption "Euphaedra zaddachi". Correctly caption stamps are released on April 5.
Catalog numbers: Scott 202
Approximate value: US$6 (Scott 2010).
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1973 February 19
Germany (Federal Republic)
40-pfennig stamp commemorates the 500th anniversary of Copernicus, with a drawing of part of the solar system that has an extra planet in the same orbit as the Earth.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1104
Approximate value: US$0.30 (Scott 2010).
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1973 July 4
United States of America
8-cent stamp depicts British 3-mast ship, with the Moon showing through breaks in the rigging.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1481; Stanley Gibbons 1502
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2018).
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1973 September 1
Cameroon
40-franc stamp depicts a tree casting a shadow toward the sun.
Catalog numbers: Scott 573
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1973 September 4
Isle of Man
3-pence stamp depicts Leonard Randles as winner of 1923 Manx Grand Prix, with wrong caption "Leslie Randles".
Catalog numbers: Scott 33
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1973 September 4
Turkey
250-kurush stamp depicts abu-al-Rayhan al-Biruni's year of death as 1051, which should be 1048.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1948; Stanley Gibbons 2455; Michel 2294
Approximate value: US$0.70 (Scott 2010).
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1973 October 1
Lesotho
20-cent stamp depicts drawing of Kimberlite volcano with misspelled caption "KIMERLITE". The name is spelled correctly in a second occurrance on the same stamp.
Catalog numbers: Scott 149
Approximate value: US$2.25 (Scott 2010).
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1973 October 24
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
2.50-shilling stamp depicts INTERPOL headquarters in Saint Cloud, France, with city misspelled "St. Clans".
Catalog numbers: Scott 274
Approximate value: US$5 (Scott 2010).
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1973 November 28
Great Britain
Two 3-pence stamps of the story of Good King Wenceslas show an inconsistently decorated pie plate.
Catalog numbers: Scott 711,713
Approximate value: US$0.70 (Scott 2010).
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1973 December 7
Mexico
25th anniversary of the Chemical Engineering School.
40-centavo postage stamp depicts an unsaturated hydrocarbon molecule, CH3, but the standard colors of the elements make this sulphur trioxide S03.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1056
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1973 December 11
Barbuda
20-cent stamp of Antigua overprinted "BABRUDA" instead of "BARBUDA".
Catalog numbers: Scott 132
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1973 December 22
Senegal
100-franc airmail stamp marks 100th anniversary of discovery of leprosy bacteria, depicting petris dishes growing the bacteria, which is not possible.
Catalog numbers: Scott C125; Stanley Gibbons 541
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