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A listing of postage stamps of Norfolk Island depicting design errors.

1969 June 3

Norfolk Island

10-cent stamp commemorating Captain James Cook's 1768-69 voyage to observe transit of planet Venus across the Sun, depicts map of world that omits 500-mile coastline of Florida peninsula that is present on 16th century maps.

Catalog numbers: Scott 122

1986 October 14

Norfolk Island

90-cent stamp is captioned "Governor Philip meeting the Home Society" instead of "Home Secretary". A corrected version was issued in December.

Catalog numbers: Scott 394

Approximate value: US$1.40.

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