A listing of postage stamps of Gambia depicting design errors.
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1986 May 22
Gambia
25-butut stamp depicts 1986 Mercedes 500 car, missing the "R" resulting in "MECEDES";
10-dalasy stamp depicts 1936 Horsch 853 car, but misspells inventor Carl Benz as "LARL".
Catalog numbers: Scott 620
Approximate value: US$3.95.
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1992 April 8
Gambia
12-dalasy stamp depicts Disney's Goofy character at Chicago's Adler Planetarium, misspelled "ALDER".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1220
Approximate value: US$6.00.
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1995 (month unknown)
Gambia
2-dalasy stamp depicts Staurikosaurus dinosaur, mis-captioned "Staurilosaurus".
3-dalasy stamp depicts Yangchuanosaurus dinosaur, mis-captioned "Vangchuanosaurus".
3-dalasy stamp depicts Coelophysis dinosaur, mis-captioned "Ceolophysis".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1605j,1606b,1606c
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2003 July 14
Gambia
15-dalasy stamp depicts a Gee Bee Model Z airplane with caption "1932 Granville Gee Bee World Speed Record", when it should depict the Gee Bee Model R-1, in which pilot James Doolittle established the record.
15-dalasy stamp depicts a white Lockheed Vega Model 5C airplane with caption "1935 Amelia Earhart Solo Flight Hawaii-California", when it should depict Earhart's red Vega Model 5B.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2748a,d
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