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Oops, stamp mistakes!
Although a damaged stamp loses much of its value, a stamp with
an error in its design or printing often gains in value, depending
on how rare the error is.
- Three Skilling Yellow Banco
This is the most expensive stamp in
the world. Issued by Sweden in 1855, the stamp is yellow-orange
instead of green. It was first discovered in 1885 by a 14-year-old boy
as he was going through his grandmother’s correspondence.
In 1990 it sold for US $1,375,140.
Issued on June 26, 1959, to mark the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway,
the picture on this stamp is upside down. This is known as an inverted centre.
* © Canada Post. 1959.
Reproduced with permission.
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Issued on July 6, 1978, this stamp, which depicts a Prairie street
scene,
is known as the "ghost town" variety because the scene looks
so empty. Notice that all the brown inscriptions are missing.
Such extreme errors are called freaks.
* © Canada Post. 1978.
Reproduced with permission.
- Issued on June 1, 1976, the image on this Royal
Military College stamp was doubly printed owing to a
slight shift in the paper during the printing process.
* © Canada Post. 1976.
Reproduced with permission.
- Issued on November 3, 1982, this Christmas stamp has a crease because
it was printed on slightly folded or crumpled paper.
* © Canada Post. 1982.
Reproduced with permission.
- Issued on August 15, 1984, this Glacier National Park stamp has a
perforated image. Stamps with perforation errors can also have no
perforations or only partial perforations.
* © Canada Post. 1984.
Reproduced with permission.
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