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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting design errors.
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1984 January
Antigua and Barbuda
25-cent through $5 stamps for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles depict a bad rendition of the 5-ring Olympic symbol.
Catalog numbers: Scott 740-44
Approximate value: US$7.45 (Scott 2010).
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1984 February 15
Cape Verde
50-escudo stamp depicts Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander plane with incorrect caption "BN-2A2".
Catalog numbers: Scott 476
Approximate value: US$2.50 (Scott 2014).
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1984 April 27
Cuba
ESPANA '84 philatelic exposition.
100-centavo postage stamp depicts a steam-powered clipper ship being blown right by the wind in its sails, but the smoke exhaust and flags are being blown left.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2704
Approximate value: US$1.60 (Scott 2010).
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1984 May 19
Algeria
1-dinar stamp depicts incorrect use of Olympic games rings logo for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games.
Catalog numbers: Scott 742
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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1984 May 24
Guinea-Bissau
1984 Summer Olympic Games, Los Angeles, USA.
20-peso stamp depict two field hockey players, but image is completely reversed, as stick would be held on right side of body to play with flat side of stick head.
Catalog numbers: Scott 574
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1984 May 28
Senegal
95-franc stamp depicts Lord Baden-Powell, missing the hypen in his name.
Catalog numbers: Scott 616; Stanley Gibbons 789
Approximate value: US$0.30 (Scott 2010).
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1984 June 6
Sweden
4-krone stamp depicts a letter written in 1905, but the stamp cancellation shows "198 06", meaning August 8, 1906.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1505; Stanley Gibbons 1202
Approximate value: US$1.10 (Scott 2010).
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1984 June 29
Canada
32-cent stamp inscribed "Yukon territory" but shows Northwest Territories landscape;
32-cent stamp inscribed "Northwest Territories" but shows a church in Yukon Territory.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1018,1025
Approximate value: US$0.90 (Scott 2014).
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1984 June 30
Afghanistan
12-afghani postage stamp depicts Karl Benz and his Viktoria car, misinscribed "Victoris".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1101; Stanley Gibbons 981
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2018).
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1984 July 28
China (People's Republic)
2-yuan stamp depicts Olympic rings and athletes, but the placement of arms and rings are sometimes not possible (arm should be in front of yellow ring, wrist should be in front of green ring).
Catalog numbers: Scott 1929
Approximate value: US$7 (Scott 2014).
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1984 August 14
Hungary
2-forint stamp depicts map of the world, except it is mirror reversed.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2861
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1984 August 15
Ecuador
6-sucre stamp depicts 1783 balloon flight of Jacques Alexandre César Charles, but caption is misspelled "Charlier".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1059; Stanley Gibbons 1911
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1984 October 9
Comoros
100-franc stamp depicts William Fawcett ship, with wind blowing sails forward, but blowing the flag the opposite direction.
Catalog numbers: Scott 591
Approximate value: US$0.30 (Scott 2014).
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1985 April 4
Cambodia
80-cent stamp depicts Amanita pantherina mushrooms misspelled "Amanita panterina", showing green caps on the mushroom instead of brown, and smooth stems lacking concentric rings.
Catalog numbers: Scott 570
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2014).
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1985 April 27
Argentina
40-australs stamp depicts Junkers F-13 L plane with error in caption "JUNKER F-13 L".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1495
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1985 May 25
Isle of Man
14-pence stamp depicts Frederick Roberts Gerard racing a car, but the caption misspells his surname as "GERRARD".
Catalog numbers: Scott 285a; Stanley Gibbons 292
Approximate value: US$0.30 (Scott 2010).
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1985 June 21
Burkina Faso
85-franc stamp commemorates wedding of the Queen Mother on April 26, 1926, except the real date was April 26, 1923.
Catalog numbers: Scott 704
Approximate value: US$0.45 (Scott 2010).
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1985 August 2
Bulgaria
60-stotinki stamp depicts a synchronized swimmer, with the image upside down (legs sticking out of water). A fixed version also exists.
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1985 September 3
Maldives
15-laree stamp depicts a Lira da Braccio, but the image is reversed left-right.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1102
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1985 September 18
New Zealand
50-cent stamp depicts Christmas angels, but omits the "H" resulting in "CRISTMAS".
Catalog numbers: Scott 838; Stanley Gibbons 1378
Approximate value: US$0.80 (Scott 2010).
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1985 October 16
Ghana
200th anniversary of the birth of James J. Audubon.
5-cedi postage stamp depicts a fork-tailed flycatcher, erroneously inscribed "York-tailed Fly Catcher". Also the scientific name Muscivora tyrannus is misspelled "Muscivora turannus".
Catalog numbers: Scott 980
Approximate value: US$1.50 (Scott 2010).
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1985 November 22
Grenada Grenadines
$2 stamp depicts Mahatma Gandhi with incorrect caption "GHANDI".
Catalog numbers: Scott 709
Approximate value: US$4.25 (Scott 2010).
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1985 December 10
Iran
5-rial stamp marks the anniversary of the establishment of the high council of the cultural revolution, with a missing "e" in "STABLISHMENT".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2204
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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