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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting design errors.
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2001 June 9
Angola
Belgica 2001 International Stamp Exhibition.
9-kwanza stamp depicts Allamanda cathartica but is inscribed "cathartca".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1189; Stanley Gibbons 1615
Approximate value: US$1.50 (Scott 2018).
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2001 (month unknown)
Burkina Faso
425-franc stamp depicts Campethera maculosa bird misspelled as "masculosa".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1228A
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2001 July 31
Central African Republic
350-franc stamp depicts Diplodocus dinosaur with errorneous caption "Diplodicus".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1435a
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2014).
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2001 August 27
Grenada
$1.50 stamp depicts Japanese Izumo-Hinomisaki lighthouse, with incorrect caption "Inubo-Saki".
Catalog numbers: Scott 3174b
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2001 December 10
Nevis
2001 World Cup Football Championship, Japan and Korea.
$1.60 postage stamp is inscribed "Morocana Stadium" instead of Maracana Stadium.
$1.60 postage stamp is inscribed "Luis Bellini" instead of Luiz Bellini.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1283a,1283c; Stanley Gibbons 1685 1687
Approximate value: US$2.42 (Scott 2010).
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2002 January 28
Antigua and Barbuda
50-cent stamp depicts US Army colonel John S. Mosby, incorrectly identified as "general".
Catalog numbers: Scott 3539l
Approximate value: US$0.35 (Scott 2009).
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2002 March 25
Kiribati
Pacific explorers.
25-cent stamp depicts a sailing ship being blown to the right, with flags being blown to the left.
Catalog numbers: Scott 804
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2009).
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2002 July 9
Palau
Flags of Palau and its states.
17 37-cent stamps depict flags but omit country name.
Catalog numbers: Scott 686a-q
Approximate value: US$13 (Scott 2009).
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2002 August 13
Lesotho
25th anniversary of Rotary International in Lesotho.
8-maloti postage stamp depicts early Rotary club founder Homer Wood, but misspells name as "Horner Wood".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1312; Stanley Gibbons 1890; WNS LS021.02
Approximate value: US$3.00 (Scott 2010).
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2002 August 13
Lesotho
United Nations' International Year of Mountains.
25-maloti postage stamp depicts the Matterhorn in Switzerland, but is mislabelled "Mount Rainier" in the USA.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1319; Stanley Gibbons MS1897
Approximate value: US$4.75 (Scott 2010).
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2002 August 26
Nevis
United Nations' International Year of Mountains.
$2 postage stamp depicts Mount Atitlan in Guatemala, misspelled "ATAILAN".
$2 postage stamp depicts the Matterhorn mountain, misspelled "MATTHERON".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1301b,1301d; Stanley Gibbons 1727,1729
Approximate value: US$3 (Scott 2010).
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2002 September 30
Mozambique
5000-metical stamp depicts Wolfgang Mozart with incorrect caption "Lugwig van Beethoven".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1602d or 1630?
Approximate value: US$7.50 (Scott 2010).
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2002 November 4
Antigua and Barbuda
$3 postage stamp depicts soccer player Raul Raúl González Blanco of Spain, but mislabelled him as Carlos Gamarra of Portugal.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2612b; Stanley Gibbons MS3680a
Approximate value: US$2.25 (Scott 2010).
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2002 November 4
Nevis
2002 World Cup Football Championship.
$1 postage stamp depicts Pape Bouba Diop of Senegal, with first name misspelled "Papa".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1315e; Stanley Gibbons 1780
Approximate value: US$1.04 (Scott 2010).
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2003 March 31
Gibraltar
40-pence stamp depicts plane with caption "Boeing 314-Yankee Clipper"; the Yankee Clipper was designated NC18603, but the number on the tail of the plane shown is NC18607.
Catalog numbers: Scott 934; WNS GI011.03
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2003 July 14
Gambia
15-dalasy stamp depicts a Gee Bee Model Z airplane with caption "1932 Granville Gee Bee World Speed Record", when it should depict the Gee Bee Model R-1, in which pilot James Doolittle established the record.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2748a
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2003 July 14
Gambia
15-dalasy stamp depicts a white Lockheed Vega Model 5C airplane with caption "1935 Amelia Earhart Solo Flight Hawaii-California", when it should depict Earhart's red Vega Model 5B.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2748d
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2003 August 5
Afghanistan
150-afghani stamp depicts the lighthouse on Bell Rock, but lists the country as "British Islands", rather than Great Britain or United Kingdom.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1412; Stanley Gibbons MS2020
Approximate value: US$13.50 (Scott 2018).
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2004 May 1
Ireland
65-cent stamp depicts map highlighting the ten countries which joined the European on May 1, 2004. Crete is highlighted (below Greece) instead of Cyprus.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1542
Approximate value: US$4 (Scott 2010).
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2004 June 16
Macedonia
Two 50-denar stamps depict what is assumed to be stylized 5 Olympic rings made of country flags. But the ring intersections on the second stamp are incorrect in the four marked areas.
Catalog numbers: Scott 307b
Approximate value: US$2.00 (Scott 2018).
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2004 August 3
Namibia
Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, Athens, Greece, August 13-29.
$3.70 postage stamp is erroneously inscribed "XVIII". A corrected version was released September 14.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1051; Stanley Gibbons 981
Approximate value: US$1.06 (Scott 2010).
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2004 August 25
Denmark
4.50-kroner postage stamp depicts Viking ship with wind blowing sail left-to-right, but flag flying right-to-left.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1284
Approximate value: US$0.85 (Scott 2010).
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2004 September 7
Grenada
$2 stamp depicts ship RMS Mauretania, with incorrect caption "Mauritania".
Catalog numbers: Scott 3467c
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2004 September 7
Grenada
$2 stamp depicts ship Cunard line's RMS Titanic passenger liner with smoke coming from all four funnels, but the rear funnel was non-functional.
Catalog numbers: Scott 3467a
Approximate value: US$1.50.
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2004 September 7
Grenada
$2 stamp depicts ship Queen Elizabeth 2, with incorrect caption "Queen Elizabeth II".
Catalog numbers: Scott 3468b
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2005 March 31
Micronesia
60-cent stamp depicts British or Commonwealth soldiers marching, with incorrect caption "U.S. soldiers march in Ireland".
60-cent stamp depicts Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen with incorrect caption "Remagen Bridge".
Catalog numbers: Scott 637a,637d
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2005 June 17
Nevis
100th anniversary of the death of Jules Verne.
$2 postage stamp depicts Phileas Fogg, misspelled as "Phinias".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1454c; Stanley Gibbons 1930
Approximate value: US$1.50 (Scott 2010).
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2005 October 12
Philippines
6-peso stamp depicts Troides magellanus magellanus butterfly, mis-captioned "Troidaes magellanus magellanus".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2979j; Stanley Gibbons 3741
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2005 December 1
Liberia
Christmas.
$30 stamp depicts painting Christmas Morn by Will Hicok Low, but the caption is missspelled as "MOM".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2378
Approximate value: US$1 (Scott 2010).
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2006 January 6
Antigua and Barbuda
$1.50 postage stamp captioned "Grand Canyon National Park" which is in Arizona, but actually shows Yellowstone's Grand Canyon.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2868d
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2006 May 11
Antigua and Barbuda
Six stamps mark opening of 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games with caption "White Olympics 1924-2006", though only the 1924 Winter Olympics had that official label.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2879-84
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2006 June 1
Turks and Caicos Islands
25-cent stamp depicts golden rough-head blennie, inscribed "ruogh" in error. Also exists corrected on miniature sheet.
Catalog numbers: Stanley Gibbons 1835
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2006 July 3
Philippines
7-peso stamp depicts Troides magellanus magellanus butterfly, mis-captioned "Troidaes magellanus magellanus".
Catalog numbers: Scott 3030j
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2006 August 25
Costa Rica
180-colones stamp depicts Eretmochelys imbricata turtle, with erroneous caption "imbricaas".
Catalog numbers: Scott 593d; WNS CR013.06
Approximate value: US$3.50 (Scott 2014).
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2006 August 25
Saint Thomas and Prince Islands
40,000-d stamp shows painting "Ball at the Moulin de la Galette", but is inscribed "The Bathers".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1632
Approximate value: US$3.00.
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2006 August 30
Angola
45-, 45-, and 90-kwanza stamps depict 2006 World Cup Soccer Championships team, with no country name on the stamps.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1295-97
Approximate value: US$4.45 (Scott 2010).
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2006 October 2
Antigua and Barbuda
30-cent stamp depicts British turbo-prop HS-748 Hawker Siddeley Avro airliner, misspelled "Siddely".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2897
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2006 October 2
Antigua and Barbuda
50-cent stamp depicts British BN-2 Britten-Norman Islander aircraft, mislabelled as "BN2 Norman Islander".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2898
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2006 October 2
Antigua and Barbuda
50-cent stamp depicts British BN-2 Britten-Norman Islander aircraft, mislabelled as "BN2 Islander".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2899
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2006 October 2
Antigua and Barbuda
$2.50 stamp depicts British DHC-8 de Havilland aircraft, mislabelled as "DH8-300".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2902
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2006 October 17
Armenia
350-dram stamp commemorates FIFA World Cup soccer championships held in Germany; among the flags shown are Greece, Norway, and Armenia, whose teams either did not participate or failed to qualify.
Catalog numbers: Scott 744; WNS AM021.06
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2006 October 18
Montenegro
50-cent stamp depicts Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa painting, with caption "Liza Gerardini" instead of "Lisa Gherardini".
Catalog numbers: Scott 151; WNS XI025.06
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2006 October 30
Angola
27-, 45-, and 45-kwanza stamps commemorate the 10th anniversary of Community of Portuguese Language Nations, with no country name on the stamps.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1298-1300; WNS AO007.06-AO009.06
Approximate value: US$3 (Scott 2010).
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2006 December 1
Morocco
7.80-dirham stamp depicts a finger bleeding from touching a spiky representation of the human immunodeficiency virus, but the virus protrusions are not spiky, and the disease is not spread by blood from a finger prick.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1030; WNS MA019.06
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2006 December 4
Austria
75-cent stamp depicts Formula 1 race car driver Michael Schumacher with first two winning years as "1994 1995" which should be "1995 1996". A corrected stamp was issued May 29, 2007.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2076
Approximate value: US$2.25 (Scott 2010).
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2006 December 7
Mauritius
15-rupee stamp depicts children playing hopscotch, with caption "Hop Scotch" instead of "Hopscotch".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1033
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2006 December 14
Philippines
7-peso stamp depicts Troides magellanus magellanus butterfly, mis-captioned "Troidaes magellanus magellanus".
Catalog numbers: Scott 3031j
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2006 December 18
Uruguay
$37 stamp depicts Princess Cruises' "Star Princess" cruise ship, erroneously captioned and misspelled "ZUIDERMAN".
$37 stamp depicts Holland America's "Zuiderdam" cruise ship, erroneously captioned "STAR PRINCESS".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2181c,2181d; Stanley Gibbons 3041,3042
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