Postage Stamp Design Errors

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A listing of postage stamps of Switzerland depicting design errors.

1907 (month unknown)

Switzerland

2-, 3-, and 5-centime stamps depict William Tell's son with bow drawn with bow-string in front of stock. Later corrected when re-drawn.

Catalog numbers: Scott 126-28

Approximate value: US$1.05.

1949 August 1

Switzerland

3-centime stamp depicts high tension electricity lines; each tower should hold 3 pairs of transmission wires and one ground wire (total 7 each), so we should see 14 wires in the gap between the two pairs, but there are only 11.

Catalog numbers: Scott 328

Approximate value: US$1.50.

1960 (month unknown)

Switzerland

40-centime stamp depicts a cathedral in Geneva, with the two towers reversed (note the upper row of three windows on the left);
70-centime stamp depicts Saints Peter and Stephen Church, with a tower in the background and on the wrong side. Re-issued in 1963 without the tower.

Catalog numbers: Scott 392

Approximate value: US$0.40.

1963 September 16

Switzerland