A listing of postage stamps of Hungary depicting design errors.
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1948 October 16
Hungary
4-filler airmail semi-postal stamp depicts Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, with birth year 1742 instead of the correct 1749;
40-filler airmail semi-postal stamp depicts Maxim Gorky, with birth/death years as 1869-1935, rather than the correct 1868-1936.
Catalog numbers: Scott CB5,CB12
Approximate value: US$1.10.
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1960 February 1
Hungary
1.70-forint stamp depicts Somló castle with incorrect caption "SOMLYÓ".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1288b
Approximate value: US$0.20.
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1966 December 29
Hungary
60-forint stamp depicts the American Gemini 6 and 7 space capsules, with astronaut Walter Schirra's name misspelled "SCHIRA".
Catalog numbers: Scott 1804
Approximate value: US$0.20.
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1969 May 22
Hungary
1-forint stamp depicts the symbol of the International Labour Organization drawn with wrenches with useless circulatr centers, that will never tighten anything.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1974
Approximate value: US$0.20.
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1969 November 1
Hungary
40-forint stamp illustrates Jules Verne's book Journey to the Moon with a self-propelled capsule; in the book, the capsule was only fired from a cannon.
Catalog numbers: Scott C287
Approximate value: US$0.20.
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1971 December 30
Hungary
3-forint stamp for Olympic Winter Games in Sapporo depicts bobsledding event with three riders, when there are only 2- and 4-man bobsledding events.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2120
Approximate value: US$0.30.
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1974 June 6
Hungary
60-forint stamp depicts chess playing in 15th century English woodcut, but image is likely flipped left-right, as the player's lower left corner is always black.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2290
Approximate value: US$0.20.
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1974 August
Hungary
2.50-forint stamp depicts Istvan Csok painting Resting Woman with French proverb "Honi soit qui mal y pense" with first word misspelled "HONI".
Catalog numbers: Scott 2302
Approximate value: US$0.20.
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1984 August 14
Hungary
2-forint stamp depicts map of the world, except it is mirror reversed.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2861
Approximate value: US$0.20.
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1989 July 26
Hungary
5-forint stamp depicts Natrix natrix snake, miscaptioned as Vipera rakosiensis;
5-forint stamp depicts Vipera rakosiensis snake, miscaptioned as Natrix natrix.
Catalog numbers: Scott 3191-92?
Approximate value: US$0.80.
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1991 April
Hungary
30-forint stamp depicts the Cassini-Huygens space probe, misspelled as "CASSINI-HUGHES".
Catalog numbers: Scott 3287
Approximate value: US$6.00.
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