A listing of postage stamps of Antigua and Barbuda depicting design errors.
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1981 November 16
Antigua and Barbuda
30-cent stamp depicts painting Virgin and Child by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, misspelled "Carolfeld".
Catalog numbers: Scott 639
Approximate value: US$0.20.
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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.
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1987 April 19
Antigua and Barbuda
$3 stamp depicts Queen Elizabeth 2 ship mis-labelled "Queen Elizabeth II".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1034
Approximate value: US$2.00.
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1999 May 26
Antigua and Barbuda
65-cent stamp depicts Brachiosaurus, but is captioned "Oviraptor";
75-cent stamp depicts Oviraptor, but is captioned "Brachiosaurus".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2247-48
Approximate value: US$2.00.
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2000 April 17
Antigua and Barbuda
$1.20 stamp depicts Puerto Rico woodpecker with error "Rica".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2310g
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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 October 2
Antigua and Barbuda
30-cent stamp depicts British turbo-prop HS-748 Hawker Siddeley Avro airliner, misspelled "Siddely".
50-cent stamp depicts British BN-2 Britten-Norman Islander aircraft, omits "Britten" from company name, misspelled as "BN2".
50-cent stamp depicts British BN-2 Britten-Norman Islander aircraft, omits company name, misspelled as "BN2".
$2.50 stamp depicts British DHC-8 de Havilland aircraft, misspelled as "DH8-300".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2897-99,2902
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2007 June 20
Antigua and Barbuda
Six $1.50 stamps depict pre-production Concorde 101 with incorrect caption "01".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2971
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Next country: Argentina.
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