Postage Stamp Design Errors
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A listing of postage stamps of Fiji depicting design errors.

1938 April 5

Fiji


1 1/2-pence stamp depicts an outrigger canoe with no one sailing it; a corrected stamp in 1940 added a man in the canoe;
2- and 6-pence stamps depicts map of Fiji with two lines of longitude but only one is labelled (178); a corrected stamp was issued in 1940 with label "180".

Catalog numbers: Scott 119,120,125

Approximate value: US$18.50.

2010 December 2

Fiji

40-cent stamp depicts vutukaa (cutnut), Barringtonia edulis, misspelled as "Barringtinia";
$10 stamp depicts Malay apple, Syzygium malaccensis, misspelled as "malcensis".

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