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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting design errors.
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1976 January 5
Australia
18-cent stamp may be design errors: kangaroo with dot for eye (corrected to line), right paw with 1 toe (corrected to 3), left foot has 1 toe (corrected to 2), emu feet have 1 toe (corrected to 2). Also the border of the shield uses the monochrome designation for silver, instead of ermine, and the wreath below the star shows only five twists instead of six.
Catalog numbers: Scott 628
Approximate value: US$0.20.
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1976 January 21
Madagascar
500-franc stamp depicts George Washington and schooner USS Hannah, mislabelled "Hanna".
Catalog numbers: Scott C156
Approximate value: US$1.40 (Scott 2010).
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1976 February 4
Albania
Seven stamps depicting Olympic winter sports, but the logo for Innsbruck is spelled "INSBRUK". Is this how Albania spells the city, or can the city name on a logo be translated into local language?
Catalog numbers: Scott 1719-25
Approximate value: US$3.35 (Scott 2010).
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1976 February 23
United States of America
13-cent stamp depicts the state flag of Tennessee, upside-down. The state governor signed a resolution requesting a correction, but a new stamp was not issued.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1648; Stanley Gibbons 1628
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2018).
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1976 March 20
Belgium
4.50-franc stamp depicts Cardinal Mercier, with birth year 1856 instead of the correct 1851.
Catalog numbers: Scott 943
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1976 April 4
Bolivia
2.50-boliviano stamp marking the death of Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek depicts the flag of China with a red Sun's circle, instead of white. Corrected and re-issued.
Catalog numbers: Scott 577
Approximate value: US$1.50 (Scott 2010).
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1976 April 6
Germany (Federal Republic)
1976 Summer Olympic Games, Montreal, Canada.
30+15-pfennig semi-postal stamp depicts two men playing field hockey, but the image is reversed, as they should have their left hands at the top of the sticks.
Catalog numbers: Scott B532a
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2010).
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1976 April 15
Kenya
3-shilling stamp depicts a telephone with 8 dialing holes, and another with 9 (both should have 10).
Catalog numbers: Scott 59
Approximate value: US$0.60 (Scott 2010).
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1976 May 29
Jersey
5-pence stamp depicts Sir Walter Raleigh, with last name omitting the 'i';
11-pence stamp depicts Philippe D'Auvergne, with last name omitting the apostrophe.
Catalog numbers: Scott 160,162; Stanley Gibbons 160,162
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2018).
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1976 June 9
Australia
18-cent stamp depicts explorer Peter Warburton on a camel, but the proportions of man to camel are way off.
Catalog numbers: Scott 634
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1976 June 10
Liechtenstein
Four stamps commemorate the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal, but abuse the five-ring Olympic logo by slanting it.
Catalog numbers: Scott 591-94
Approximate value: US$2.25 (Scott 2010).
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1976 June 15
Togo
105-franc stamp depicts motorcycle racing with logo and caption of the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Canada, except there is no motorcycle racing in the Olympics.
Catalog numbers: Scott C285; Stanley Gibbons 1148
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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1976 June 29
New Hebrides (British)
25-centime stamp depicts a map of the New Hebrides, with longitude line mislabelled "116" instead of "166".
Catalog numbers: Scott 208
Approximate value: US$0.30 (Scott 2010).
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1976 October 8
United Nations (New York)
13- and 31-cent stamps depict stylized sheet of stamps. A magnifying glass showing close-up of one stamp should show the row of horizontal perforations that it is centered over. Or, if it represents a double-high stamp, then how are the upper and lower perforations magnified to double size, with the vertical height of the stamp barely being magnified? And where are the left side perforations of this stamp?
Catalog numbers: Scott 278-279; Stanley Gibbons 284-285
Approximate value: US$1.65 (Scott 2018).
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1976 December 13
Montserrat
200th anniversary of the American Revolution.
40-cent and 75-cent postage stamps depict the American frigate "Raleigh" attacking the British sloop HMS "Druid" in 1777, but both stamps are mis-dated "1776".
Catalog numbers: Scott 360,361; Stanley Gibbons 392,393
Approximate value: US$1.50 (Scott 2010).
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1976 December 26
Benin
10- and 50-franc stamps for the West African University Games depict Olympic 5-ring logo, despite the Olympics having nothing to do with the African Games.
Catalog numbers: Scott 368-69
Approximate value: US$0.60 (Scott 2010).
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1977 May 30
Mali
130-franc airmail stamp depicts the Graf Zeppelin with date 1924, but the ship was built between 1926 and 1928.
Catalog numbers: Scott C306
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1977 May 30
Mali
350-franc airmail stamp depicts the 1937 crash of the zeppelin Hindenburg, but shows it crashing front first, rather than the actual rear first.
Catalog numbers: Scott C307
Approximate value: US$0.65 (Scott 2010).
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1977 June 7
Paraguay
3-guarani stamp depicts Jean-Claude Killy's name misspelled as "Chaude".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1719
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1977 August 30
Benin
90-franc stamp for the 2nd West African Games depicts Olympic 5-ring logo, despite the Olympics having nothing to do with the African Games.
Catalog numbers: Scott 376
Approximate value: US$0.90 (Scott 2010).
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1977 September 24
Algeria
60-centime and 1.40-dinar stamps depict the Olympic rings logo used for the 3rd African Games, which have nothing to do with the Olympics.
Catalog numbers: Scott 601-2
Approximate value: US$0.70 (Scott 2010).
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1977 September 27
Bahamas
16-cent stamp commemorates the 6th Caribbean Scout Jamboree, but misspells as "CARRIBEAN".
Catalog numbers: Scott 410
Approximate value: US$0.55 (Scott 2010).
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1977 December 2
United Arab Emirates
15-, 50-, and 150-fils postage stamps mark the 6th National Day, but the Arabic date is written to be read left to right (Arabic equivalent of "2-12-77") rather than the correct equivalent of "77-12-2".
Catalog numbers: Stanley Gibbons 96-98
Approximate value: US$850 (Scott 2010).
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1977 December 29
Spain
3-peseta stamp marks the 10th World Judo Championships in Barcelona, except the event was cancelled and never took place.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2077
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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