Postage Stamp Design Errors

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A listing of postage stamps of Burkina Faso depicting design errors.

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.

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.

1998 (month unknown)

Burkina Faso

260- and 1500-franc stamps commemorate the death of Mother Teresa, giving birth year as 1907 instead of 1910.

Catalog numbers: Scott 1096

Approximate value: US$2.80.

2001 (month unknown)

Burkina Faso

425-franc stamp depicts Campethera maculosa bird misspelled as "masculosa".

Catalog numbers: Scott 1228A

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