Postage Stamp Design Errors

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A listing of postage stamps of USSR depicting design errors.

1956 August 27

USSR

40-kopeck stamp depicts Mahmud Bagir Ogly Aivazov with first name misspelled as "Muhamed". A second stamp was issued with corrected name.

Catalog numbers: Scott 1860a

Approximate value: US$18.00.

1958 May

USSR

40-kopeck stamp depicts an inverted Czech flag, with red on top instead of the bottom half of the flag. A corrected version was soon issued.

Catalog numbers: Scott 2067

Approximate value: US$3.00.

1964 March 9

USSR

3-kopek stamp depicts Olympic ice hockey with 5-sided snowflake design (should have six).

Catalog numbers: Scott 2866

Approximate value: US$0.20.

1971 November 16

USSR

10-kopek stamp depicts US Communist Party leader William Foster, with year of death "1964" instead of the correct 1961. A corrected stamp was issued December 8.

Catalog numbers: Scott 3915a

Approximate value: US$7.25.

1990 February 15

USSR

20-kopek stamp depicts Great Britain 1840 1-penny stamp with invalid corner letters "TP", as highest letters used were "TL"; a corrected stamp with "TF" was issued;
35-kopek stamp depicts Great Britain 1840 1-penny stamp with invalid corner letters "VK"; a corrected stamp with "AH" was issued.

Catalog numbers: Scott 5875,5878

Approximate value: US$1.20.

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