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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting design errors.
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1993 January 8
United States of America
29-cent stamp depicts Elvis Presley with caption "ELVIS". Five months later same stamp is issued with caption "ELVIS PRESLEY" as part of series of entertainers.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2721; Stanley Gibbons 2769
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2018).
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1993 January 20
Grenada
$6 stamp depicts Australian cattle dog, but adds an extra "i" to Australia and Australian.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2170
Approximate value: US$5.75 (Scott 2010).
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1993 March 25
Greenland
4-krone stamp depicts the Chionoecetes opilio crab, misspelled (mirror reflected?) "oiliqo". The error was corrected quickly.
Catalog numbers: Scott 257
Approximate value: US$4 (Scott 2010).
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1993 March 26
San Marino
2000-lira stamp depicts a left-right flipped image of US astronaut Jim Irwin on the Moon during the Apollo 15 mission in 1971, and is erroneously captioned July 21, 1969.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1280c
Approximate value: US$2.50 (Scott 2010).
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1993 April 14
Cuba
10-centavo stamp depicts a bicycle designed by Ernest Michaux, with first name misspelled "Ermest".
Catalog numbers: Scott 3495
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1993 May 24
Cyprus
20-cent stamp depicts the Water Skiing Moufflon Encouragement Cup, with misspelling "MUFFLON". The error was quickly corrected and re-issued.
Catalog numbers: Scott 815a
Approximate value: US$20 (Scott 2014).
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1993 (month unknown)
Papua New Guinea
21-, 45-, 60-, and 90-toea stamps with incorrect capital "T" for the denomination. The error was corrected before release.
Catalog numbers: Scott 770A-D; Stanley Gibbons 683-686
Approximate value: US$7.35 (Scott 2010).
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1993 July 30
Dominica
20th anniversary of the death of Pablo Picasso, painter.
$5 stamp depicts Portrait of Wilhelm Uhde, but the caption misspells as "Unde".
Catalog numbers: 5.75 US$5.75 (Scott 2010)
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1993 September 12
Azerbaijan
25-manat stamp depicts map of Nakhichevan labelled "Haxcivan" instead of the correct "Naxcivan". A corrected version is issued September 20.
Catalog numbers: Scott 394
Approximate value: US$1.75 (Scott 2010).
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1994 January 28
Aruba
5-cent stamp depicts the burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia arubensis) misspelled as "conicularia".
Catalog numbers: Scott 101
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1994 February 15
Saint Thomas and Prince
10-dobra stamp depicts Marilyn Monroe, with dark facial mole (beauty mark) on her right cheek, when it should be on her left, indicating that the image is flipped left-right.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1167d
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2010).
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1994 April 24
Brazil
Three first class rate stamps depict flowers, with botanist Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius' name on the edge, with misspelling "Phillip".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2469-2471
Approximate value: US$2.40 (Scott 2010).
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1994 June 23
Mali
100th anniversary of the International Olympic Committee.
150- and 200-franc stamps depict the Olympic rings, with the correct blue/yellow overlaps swapped.
Catalog numbers: Scott 681A,681B
Approximate value: US$1.50 (Scott 2018).
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1994 (month unknown)
Togo
600-franc stamp depicts officer Ellen Ripley holding Newt and an Alien, with caption "ALIEN", but Newt appeared in the film's sequel "Aliens".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1625b
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1994 (month unknown)
United States of America
29-cent stamp with caption "Bill Pickett" actually portrays his brother Ben. The sheet of 20 different portraits was recalled and re-issued, but the originals with the error were sold at face value by the post office.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2870; Stanley Gibbons 2956
Approximate value: US$220 (Scott 2018).
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1994 July 15
Burkina Faso
750-franc stamp depicts US astronaut on the Moon with a US flag with 13 stripes but only 26 stars instead of 50.
Catalog numbers: Scott 979
Approximate value: US$1.90 (Scott 2010).
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1994 October 15
France
2.80-franc stamp depicts dahlia flowers, misspelled "Dalhias".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2444b
Approximate value: US$7.50 (Scott 2014).
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1994 November 30
Aitutaki
85-cent stamp depicts painting The Madonna of the Basket by Correggio, mis-inscribed "Corregio".
Catalog numbers: Scott 508a; Stanley Gibbons 678
Approximate value: US$1.56 (Scott 2018).
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1994 November 30
Mongolia
100-tugrik stamp depicts Talarurus plicatospineus ankylosaur; misspelled "TALARARUS".
120-tugrik stamp depicts Corythosaurus dinosaur; misspelled "GORYTHOSAURUS".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2184,85
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