A listing of postage stamps of Italy depicting design errors.
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1870 (month unknown)
Italy
1-centesimo postage due stamp has generic "CENTESIMI" for the series, which is incorrect for the 1-centesimo stamp.
Catalog numbers: Scott J3
Approximate value: US$4.00.
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1930 October 21
Italy
15-, 20-, 25-, 30-, 50-, 75-centesimi and 1-lira regular stamps, and 5- + 1.50-lira and 10- + 2.50-lira semi-postal stamps mark the 200th aniversary of the birth of Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) in 70 B.C.; but 2000 years from 30 B.C. is 1931 A.D. (there is no "0" year).
Catalog numbers: Scott 248-56
Approximate value: US$138.40.
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1933 August 16
Italy
10-centesimi through 1.25-lira stamps depict Mussolini monument, but with the lettering running up the statue rather then down.
Catalog numbers: Scott 306-9
Approximate value: US$6.75.
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1937 October 25
Italy
1.25-lira stamp marks the 600th anniversary of the death of Giotto di Bondone, but pictures Giovanni Boccaccio.
Catalog numbers: Scott 393
Approximate value: US$3.25.
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1950 August 21
Italy
20-lira stamp depicts flags on a ship being blown into the wind, rather than with it.
Approximate value: US$2.75.
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1950 September 11
Italy
20-Lira stamp depicts A. Rossi noted as living 1819-1918 rather than 1819-1898.
Catalog numbers: Scott 543
Approximate value: US$2.00.
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1952 June 14
Italy
25-lira stamp depicts the statue of the Lion of Saint Mark, but the right-side wing should also be showing.
Catalog numbers: Scott 605
Approximate value: US$1.25.
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1961 April 4
Italy
205-lira stamp depicts world map highlighting Italy and Peru, but the border between Peru and Ecuador is drawn incorrectly. The stamp was withdrawn on the day of issue, with a corrected stamp released two days later.
Catalog numbers: Scott 834a
Approximate value: US$1650.00.
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1966 February 5
Italy
40-lira stamp depicts an 8-sided snowflake, when all snow crystals have six sides.
Catalog numbers: Scott 927
Approximate value: US$0.20.
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1970 December 12
Italy
25-lira stamp depicts an electric train moving without the overhead electrical power cable.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1031
Approximate value: US$0.20.
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1983 May 2
Italy
500-lira stamp is supposed to depict Archimedes (correctly "Archimede" in Italian) but depicts Archidamos III, a king of Sparta, and the water leaving Archimedes' screw flows uphill.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1559
Approximate value: US$0.40.
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