A listing of postage stamps of Canada depicting design errors.
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1946 September 16
Canada
17-cent airmail special delivery stamp errors with circumflex accent on second "E" of "EXPRÊS" instead of grave accent "EXPRÈS".
Catalog numbers: Scott CE3
Approximate value: US$4.25.
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1963 June 14
Canada
$1 stamp depicts a crate being lifted, but one of the ropes for the left part of the crate should pass behind the hook; with both showing on front, what is keeping it on?
Catalog numbers: Scott 411
Approximate value: US$2.00.
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1963 September 25
Canada
5-cent stamp marks 200th anniversary (1763) of regular Quebec-Trois Rivieres-Montreal postal route, but Pedro da Sila began that route in 1693, made official in 1705.
Catalog numbers: Scott 413
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1965 September 8
Canada
5-cent stamp depicts the Peace Tower in Ottawa, but the real clock shows "IIII" not "IV", and the numbers should be oriented as viewed from the center.
Catalog numbers: Scott 441
Approximate value: US$0.20.
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1969 January 15
Canada
6-cent stamp depicts sport of curling; the diameter of the button (center white disc on ice, 12 inches) should have close to the same diameter (approximately 11.5 inches) as the curling stone (black disc).
Catalog numbers: Scott 490
Approximate value: US$0.20.
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1983 March 14
Canada
$2 stamp for Commonwealth Day depicts a map of the world, omitting Antarctica.
Catalog numbers: Scott 977
Approximate value: US$3.50.
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1987 September 1
Canada
36-cent stamp depicts an Air Canada plane with no engines.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1145
Approximate value: US$0.20.
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1995 August 15
Canada
45-cent stamp depicts Belted kingfisher, with erroneous French caption "aune migratrice", instead of "faune". The error was corrected in a second printing a month later.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1564
Approximate value: US$0.40.
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2007 December 7
Canada
"Permanent" postage stamp depicts Pachena Point Lighthouse and keeper's house on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, but the image is reversed due to use of a reversed photo in creating the design. A corrected design is later released.
Catalog numbers: Scott
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