This is a list of postage stamps that are especially notable in some way, often due to antiquity or a postage stamp error. Among the best-known stamps are:

Current political entities [ edit ]

Austria [ edit ]

Red Mercury – newspaper stamp

Belgium [ edit ]

Bermuda [ edit ]

Brazil [ edit ]

Canada [ edit ]

China [ edit ]

Hong Kong [ edit ]

Finland [ edit ]

France [ edit ]

Germany [ edit ]

Honduras [ edit ]

India [ edit ]

Ireland [ edit ]

Italy [ edit ]

Jamaica [ edit ]

Japan [ edit ]

Libya [ edit ]

"Khadafi" 1986 – Ordinary set of 12 stamps; error in design resulted in its withdraw from circulation hours after being issued on 1 January 1986

"Khadafi Prize" 1994 – Minisheet of 16 stamps; errors in design resulted in them not being released and instead substituted with a correct minisheet on 31 December 1994

Malta [ edit ]

Mauritius [ edit ]

The Netherlands [ edit ]

Wilhelmina 5 cent orange (1891) – Creation of Carl Gietzelt, an employee of Joh. Enschedé; mentioned in NVPH as 35f.; 24 are known to exist, 10 are used of which 3 on cover

7½ cent dark violet, syncopated type D (1927) – Three-hole, four-sided interrupted perforation

New Zealand [ edit ]

Philippines [ edit ]

Pagsanjan Falls stamp – A postage stamp issued on 3 May 1932, noted for its printing error

Romania [ edit ]

Cap de bour – Issued by the principality of Moldavia in 1858

Russia [ edit ]

Russian Empire [ edit ]

RSFSR [ edit ]

Soviet Union [ edit ]

The 1932 Personalised Kartonka

South Africa [ edit ]

Sweden [ edit ]

Treskilling Yellow – Unique error, world's record auction sales price for a postage stamp

Switzerland [ edit ]

Uganda [ edit ]

Uganda Missionaries – The first stamps of Uganda, typewritten

United Kingdom [ edit ]

Falkland Islands [ edit ]

Gibraltar [ edit ]

United States [ edit ]

Uruguay [ edit ]

Former political entities [ edit ]

British Guiana [ edit ]

Ceylon [ edit ]

Dull Rose – A 4 pence denomination issued on 23 April 1859, considered the most valuable stamp of Ceylon

Confederate States of America [ edit ]

CSA #10 – Rarest Confederate stamp

Kingdom of Hawaii [ edit ]

Hawaiian Missionaries – First stamps of Hawaii

State of Buenos Aires [ edit ]

Western Australia (British colony) [ edit ]

References [ edit ]