A listing of postage stamps of Czechoslovakia depicting design errors.
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1918 December 12
Czechoslovakia
12 stamps (1- through 200-haleru, 1918-1919) depict Hradcany castle with Sun rising or setting in the background, but from this angle of the castle, the Sun would never be in this position. Later issues (1919-20) omit the circle of the Sun.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1-10,23,30
Approximate value: US$2.40.
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1945 August 29
Czechoslovakia
1.50-koruna stamp depicts flags of Russia, Great Britain, USA, and Czechoslovakia, But the diagonal stripe on the British flag should be half that thickess, and in only the lower half of the white diagonal. The US flag should not have the rows of stars alternating in indent, but be a rectangular grid of six rows of eight stars.
Catalog numbers: Scott 288
Approximate value: US$0.20.
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1957 April 30
Czechoslovakia
60-haleru stamp depicts a bow and arrow, with no string being pulled back on the bow.
Catalog numbers: Scott 798
Approximate value: US$0.20.
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1959 June 22
Czechoslovakia
40-haleru stamp depicts Aurel Stodola (1859-1942), but with transposed last two digits making year "1924".
Catalog numbers: Scott 923
Approximate value: US$0.20.
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