MY FAVOURITES
A mix of stamps and items that I personaly like very much.
GERMANY 1934
| A wireless phone, more than 50 years before the GSM was invented |
FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA 1946
| A camel with only three legs, or seven legs for two camels, it is up to you to choose… |
MONACO 1947
| It is well known that President Roosevelt was a philatelist, but have you ever heard that he had 6 fingers at his left hand ? |
POLAND 1963
| What time is it ? Half past twelve, or half past double twelve ? |
BELGIAN CONGO 1949
| Flags in opposite direction ! |
GERMANY 1902
| Some of those Germania-stamps show DFUTSCHES REICH instead of DEUTSCHES REICH. |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1973
| Look carefully at the ship on the right, you will see the moon stuck in the ropes of its sail. |
PITCAIRN ISLANDS 1957
| Instead of the local school, the teacher's house was pictured on this stamp. So they issued a new one, with a corrected mention. |
ROMANIA 1964
| Not easy to promote your village as a ski paradise, as there is only one seat available, moreover not equipped with a safety bar. |
KAMPUCHEA 1984
| Can anyone explain why the two skis are exactly in line, and not the left and the right foot |
DENMARK 1976
| This horn constructed in a way it will never produce a sound ! |
ECUADOR 2000
| Postmark with inverted year 2000 |
GERMANY 1959
| Free as a bird ! At least the yellow one that was drawn outside the cage ! |
CAMEROON 1973
| The shadow of the tree points right .... in the direction of the sun ! |
UPPER VOLTA 1980
| What a poor magnifying glass : the size of the stamptweezer has not been magnified ! |
UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC 1960
| Four inverted N in one sentence |
BULGARIA 1985
| Woman in synchron- swimming competition : upside down and ... corrected. |
ISRAEL
| This letter was of course sent in 1950, not in 1590 ! |
GERMANY 1973
| The planet Venus has disappeared, while an unknown planet is circling around the sun on the same lane as the earth. |
FUJEIRA 1971
| Reversed grand piano - the large side has to be at the left side where the bass notes are. |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1998
| The buckles of ski boots buckle outward on both feet. This means that the skier on this stamp has two left boots |
BELGIUM 1971
| On some of those stamps, the 3-digit is missing, while the 2 appears twice. |
CANADA 1963
| As one of the ropes is not fixed correctly, this box will soon fall. |
CHINA 1990
| This horse clearly has got three hind legs, and only one in front ! |
COOK ISLANDS 1967
| A WALTER LILY of course, does not exist. Why not simply WATER LILY ? |
DENMARK 1985
| The left leg of this bench is missing |
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 1970
| INTERNATIAONAL looks impressive, but is of course not correct. Remove an A, and read INTERNATIONAL |
FRANCE 1946
| Only 4 toes at the right foot. |
GERMANY 1963
| The image in the mirror looks to the wrong direction |
SAN MARINO
| Skating at the top of an hill, without protection at the edges ? More than dangerous ! |
LESOTHO 1991
| A Rubick's cube with 3x3x4 levels is technically impossible |
ZAMBIA 1981
| The breasts of this lady seem not to be affected by the gravity. |
BRAZIL 1970
| The death of Mary´s 'still to be born' son is already commemorated by the cross above her bed. |
BRAZIL 1957
| Unrealistic position for a gymnast in very bad physical condition. |
CAMEROON 1979
| The yellow star on the Cameroun flag was put on a wrong place. A corrected stamp was issued. |
CHINA 1998
| Five fingers with one hidden thumb ? Not the exact number for a normal hand. |
GRENADA 1971
| Visiting the moon on the moon buggy, without gloves ! |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2011
| The Statue of Liberty pictured on this U.S. stamp is not the neoclassical icon on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, but the replica at the New York Casino and Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. |
DJIBOUTI 1985
| Strange way to honor the winners : it seems better to finish seventh than second. |
SWITZERLAND 1999
| As the Swiss post office does not accept handmade parcels with a string, the same stamp was issued again , this time with a parcel without string. |
ITALY 1997
| In basketball, the net has a hole to let the ball go through. |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1995
| The sun ernergy does not feed the house, it is the house which is powering the sun. |
TURKS AND CAICOS 1900
| Sailing ship alongside the shore, with full sails, to which a gangplank is extended. |
KAMPUCHEA 1989
| Skirunner, ... without skis ! |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1993
| As this was not a proferssional way to attach a boat, a new stamp was issued, but this time the boat was attached with a good fisherman's knot |
YEMEN 1967
| A space vessel flying in the sky ? In any case not on planet earth ! |
SINGAPORE 2012
| Same scenery represented from the inside and the outside, except that the little boy was featured in and out the house. |
CAMEROON 1981
| A plane is landing while another one is still occupying the landingsstrip. |
BOTSWANA 1990
| It is unrealistic that after a frontal crash, other cars continue their way and do not stop to help the victims. |
CONGO REPUBLIC 1990
| Why is the red player looking at the camera, and not at the ball ? |
EGYPT 2014
| The Suez canal has no locks ! This stamp represents a lock on the Panama canal. |
SENEGAL 1972
| Not a classic position of the grip, but very efficient ! |
UNITED KINGDOM 2020
| String instrument bows have only one ‘frog’, where the hair of the bow can be tighened. |
MALDIVES 1970
| In the operation room without surgery mask? |
CZECH REPUBLIC 2015
| Not only dangerous for the children, but also a missing arm and leg |