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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting design errors.
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1974 January 10
Maldives
1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-laree and 2-, 3-, and 10-rufiyaa stamps mark the 100th anniversary of the World Meteorological Organization, with misspelling "METEREOLOGICAL". 3-laree and 3-rufiya stamps misspell "weather" as "weater".
Catalog numbers: Scott 464-71
Approximate value: US$18.55 (Scott 2010).
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1974 April 8
Jamaica
5-cent stamp depicts sails of ship pushed left by the wind, but flags flapping to the right.
Catalog numbers: Scott 379
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2009).
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1974 May 11
Argentina
70+30-centavos semi-postal stamp depicts the Sporophila caerulescens bird, with misspelled caption "SPHOROPHILA CAERULESCEMS".
Catalog numbers: Scott B62
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1974 June 7
Jersey (Great Britain)
100th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union.
2 1/2-pence stamp depicts United Kingdom 1864 1-penny postage stamp (letter in all four corners), with 1852 postmark (the 1842 1-penny stamp only had letters in bottom corners).
Catalog numbers: Scott 99
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2018).
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1974 (month unknown)
Australian Antarctic Territory
15-cent stamp depicts SS Morning but has incorrect caption S.Y. Nimrod.
Catalog numbers: Scott L41
Approximate value: US$1.40 (Scott 2010).
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1974 July 10
Cameroon
100-franc airmail stamp for the 100th anniversary of the birth of Winston Churchill depicts the Union Jack flag with red diagonals drawn incorrectly (left side should be low within white, and should not be continuous to red "+" at center).
Catalog numbers: Scott C211
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2014).
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1974 July 15
Antigua
1/2-cent stamp depicting English mailman, coach, and helicopter, has misspelled caption "ENLISH" instead of "ENGLISH";
2-cent stamp depicting English mailtrain guard has misspelled caption "FOSTAL" instead of "POSTAL".
Catalog numbers: Scott 366
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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1974 August
Hungary
2.50-forint stamp depicts Istvan Csok painting Resting Woman with French proverb "Honi soit qui mal y pense" with first word misspelled "HONNY".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2302
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1974 September 19
Thailand
100th anniversary of the National Museum.
2-baht, 2.75-baht, and 3-baht stamps misspell the baht currency as "BATH".
Catalog numbers: Scott 704-706
Approximate value: US$2.35 (Scott 2018).
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1974 October 9
Australia
150th anniversary of the first Australian independent newspaper.
7-pence stamp lacks mention of what newspaper ("The Australian") it is celebrating, and lacks a name and significance of the man on the stamp, who is William C. Wentworth, co-founder of the newspaper.
Catalog numbers: Scott 599
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1974 October 23
Gabon
1000-franc stamp depicts USA and USSR space crafts docking, over a partial globe of the Earth, omitting Great Britain and Ireland.
Catalog numbers: Scott C152
Approximate value: US$5.25 (Scott 2010).
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1974 November 30
British Antarctic Territory
15-pence stamp depicts Winston Churchill and Trepassey ship with caption "OPERATION TABARIN 1943", though the Trepassey was built in 1945 and so had no part in the 1943 military operation.
Catalog numbers: Scott 63
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1974 December 21
Lebanon
5-, 20-, 25-, and 50-piaster stamps depict Miss Universe winner with misspelled caption "UNIVERS".
Catalog numbers: Scott C734-37
Approximate value: US$0.80 (Scott 2010).
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1975 January 15
Germany (Federal Republic)
30-pfennig stamp depicts Annette Kolb, giving year of birth as 1875, when she was really born in 1870.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1155
Approximate value: US$0.30 (Scott 2010).
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1975 February 14
Germany (Federal Republic)
50-pfennig stamp depicts three ice hockey players, but one hockey stick is missing.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1163
Approximate value: US$0.30 (Scott 2010).
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1975 July 24
Aitutaki
Apollo Soyuz space test project.
25-cent stamp depicts a USA flag that is far too wide, outside of correct dimensions.
Catalog numbers: Scott 115
Approximate value: US$0.30 (Scott 2018).
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1975 October 6
United States of America
100th anniversary of American Bankers Association.
10-cent stamp depicts US $1 silver coin, of a type not struck until 1878.
10-cent stamp depicts US $20 gold coin without "In God We Trust" motto, meaning it is a type from 10+ years before ABA founding.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1577-1578; Stanley Gibbons 1576-1577
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2018).
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