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Wrrong initials The name of the first Belgian queen was Louise-Marie, not Marie-Louise. A stamp with the wrong initials ML was withdrawn and replaced by a stamp with the correct L first letter. |
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BELGIUM 1962 |
Misspelt name Wrong : GHANDI - Correct : GANDHI |
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GRENADA GRENADINES 1985 |
Misspelt name Wrong : HAMMARSKJÖLDS - Correct : HAMMARSKJÖLD |
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UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC 1962 |
Misspelt name The name of the former French President MITTERRAND has been misspelt 5 times as MITTERAND. |
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MALAGASY 1996 |
Misspelt name Wrong : Dr. F. KLEINKE - Correct : Dr. F. KLIMPKE |
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HONDURAS 1968 |
Misspelt name Wrong : GOITSHELL - Correct GOITSCHELL (2 times) |
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HONDURAS 1968 |
Misspelt names Shakespeare, not Shawspeare wrote Antony and Cleopatra, not Caesar and Cleopatra. |
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IRELAND 1980 |
Wrong name In the overprint the name of princess Alexandra was first misspelt Alexandria |
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MONTSERRAT |
Wrong name The correct name of the famous winner of the Isle of Le Man Grand Prix for motor cycles was Leonard Randles, not Leslie. |
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ISLE OF MAN 1973 |
Wrong name Wrong : HERMANN - Correct : HERMAN |
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NORWAY |
Wrong name Wrong : DE VINCI - Correct : DA VINCI |
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MALI |
Wrong name The name SIKORSKY was wrongly spelt SIKORSKI on this FDC. After the error had been discovered, new corrected FDCs were issued. |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1988 |
Wrong name These hunters are of course not shooting GRONSE, but GOOSE ! |
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YEMEN 1968 |
Wrong animal The animals on this stamp are not Brontosaurus but … Apatosaurus. |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1989 |
Wrong name Wrong : NAGHI - Correct : NAGY |
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GREECE 1959 |
Missing trema Missing diaeresis on Hammarskjöld |
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PANAMA |
Wrong name Missing hyphen between BADEN and POWELL. The correct name is BADEN-POWELL |
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TOGO |
Wrong name Missing hyphen between BADEN and POWELL. The correct name is BADEN-POWELL |
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BELGIUM 1957 |
Wrong name Missing hyphen between BADEN and POWELL. The correct name is BADEN-POWELL |
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LUXEMBOURG 1957 |
Wrong name Missing hyphen between BADEN and POWELL. The correct name is BADEN-POWELL |
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SENEGAL 1984 |
Never knighted. Edmond HALLEY was never knighted. Furthermore, after the title of Sir, the first name of a person is never abbreviated. |
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AITUTAKI 1986 |
Language error Wrong : Durer and Melencolia - Correct : Dürer and Melancholia |
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AITUTAKI 1986 |
Misspelt name Wrong : ZHAN DE LA FONTEN - Correct : JEAN DE LA FONTAINE |
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ALBANIA 1995 |
Wrong picture and name The pictures of LARSEN and PETROSIAN were mixed up. Furthermore PETROSIAN was written as PETROSSIAN. |
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 1983 |
Just one wrong letter. Wrong : GROSSOPTILQN - Correct : GROSSOPTILON |
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CHINA 1989 |
BRANLIO BRANLIO was corrected in BRAULIO when a new stamp was issued. |
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COSTA RICA 1901 |
Walter lily A WALTER LILY of course, does not exist. Why not simply WATER LILY ? |
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COOK ISLANDS 1967 |
One missing letter Wrong : Mufflon - Correct : Moufflon. A corrected stamp was issued soon after the error was discovered |
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CYPRUS 1993 |
Wrong name Wrong : GHANDI - Correct : GANDHI (see Irish stamp) |
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DOMINICA 1969 |
Wrong flower name Wrong : DALHIAS - Correct : DAHLIAS |
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FRANCE 1994 |
Inverted letters Wrong : ALDER PLANETARIUM - Correct : ADLER PLANETARIUM |
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GAMBIA 1992 |
Forgotten first name After Sir, the first name of a person is always used. A stamps mentioning Sir Codrington was corrected in Sir Edward Codrington. |
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GREECE 1928 |
Unexpected inversion. The correct name of this crab is Chionoecetes OPILIO. The second part of the name has been inverted to OILIQO on the same stamp issued in a booklet. |
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GREENLAND 1993 |
Language error. Wrong : Austrailian - Correct : Australian |
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GRENADA 1992 |
Mispelt name. The skysond HUYGENS is called HUGHES on this stamp. |
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HUNGARY 1991 |
Misspelt name The name of the composer HÄNDELwas missspelt HANDEL. |
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INDIA 1985 |
Mixed inscriptions. Stamps sshowing grapes and oranges, but the inscriptions were mixed up. |
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IRAQ 1970 |
Wrong name. Wrong : Orchis Laxiflorus - correct : Orchis Laxiflora. Correct on the Jersey stamp. |
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ISRAEL 1970 |
Wrong name. VERRAZANO with one Z is mostly accepted as the correct name. |
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ITALY 1964 |
Wrong name. Wrong : Femme BALOUE - Correct : Femme BAOULE |
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IVORY COAST 1936 |
Misspelt name Wrong : Plumieria - Correct : Plumeria (see other stamp) |
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NIGER |
Misspelt name Dimitrie BRANDZA's name is mispelt as BRINDZA |
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ROMANIA 1961 |
Wrong first name In 1956 Mahmud Bagir Ogly Aivazov claimed to be 148 years old. An error in his first name (MYXAMED=Muhamed) was corrected in MAXMYD. |
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RUSSIA 1956 |
Mispelt name The name of the tennis champion Wendy TURNBULL has been wrongly spelt TURNBALL |
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SAINT VINCENT 1987 |
Wrong name. Mozart's portrait with Beethoven's name! |
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MOZAMBIQUE |
Wrong word division The rules for division of words in Swedish are rather strict : one thing you cannot do is divide between C ans K of STOCKHOLM |
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VATICAN 1986 |
Error in name Wrong Leos - Correct Leo |
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MALAWI 2011 |
Misspelt name The name of the composer JOHANN S. BACH was misspelt JOHAN |
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TOGO 1967 |
Wrong title H.R. meaning Her Majesty was corrected in H.R.H. : Her Royal Highness |
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TANZANIA 1980 |
Spelling error Spelling error . Wrong Tulipa urumovii - Correct : Tulipa urumoffi . |
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BULGARIA 1963 |
Spelling error Spelling error. Wrong : Nimphea alba - Correct : Nymphea alba. |
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BULGARIA 1963 |
No hyphen There is no hyphen between SAINT and LOUIS. |
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FRANCE 1967 |
Error in name Wrong Africanna - Correct Africana |
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MALAWI 2011 |
Error in name and dates Wrong : Juan Sebastian Bach (1714-1788) - Correct : Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) |
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PARAGUAY 1980 |
Wrong name and dates Wrong : Adolf Wagner (1835-1917) - Correct : Richard Wagner (1813-1883) |
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PARAGUAY 1980 |
Mispelt name Wrong : Gioacino - Correct : Gioacchino |
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PARAGUAY 1980 |
Error in name Wrong : Frederico - Correct : Frédéric |
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PARAGUAY 1980 |
Wrong title Count Henri IV became in 1308 Henri VII, Emperor of Germany. As Count he was never knows as Henri VII |
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LUXEMBOURG 1933 |
Wrong title Edmond HAlley was never knighted. |
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MALDIVES 1985 |
Wrong name Wrong : Phalium Strigatum - Correct : Phalium Bandatum |
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AITUTAKI 1974 |
Wrong name Wrong : Oliva SERICEA - Correct : Oliva MINIACEA |
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AITUTAKI 1974 |
Wrong name Wrong : Tritonalia Rubeta - Correct : Bursa Bubo var. zissostoma |
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AITUTAKI 1974 |
Missing hyphen Wrong : Baden Powell - Correct : Baden-Powell |
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AJMAN 1967 |
Error in name Wrong : MESPHILUS - Correct : MESPILUS |
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ALBANIA 1965 |
Error in name Wrong :DYOSPYROS - Correct : DIOSPYROS |
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ALBANIA 1965 |
Error in name Wrong : SPHAERECLINUS - Correct : SPHAERECHINUS |
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ALBANIA 1966 |
Error un name Wrong : CAMELIA - Correct : CAMELLIA |
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ALBANIA 1967 |
Wrong name Wrong : GLADIOLUS - Correct : GLADIUS |
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ALBANIA 1967 |
Wrong name Wrong : ARISTEOMORPHA FOLICEA - Correct : PLESIOPENAEUS EDWARDSIANUS |
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ALGERIA 1970 |
Wrong denomination Stamp featuring an aboriginal from Central Australia. He is wrongly called abrogine, which is an expression for the first original tribes in a country. |
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AUSTRALIA 1949 |
One wrong letter Wrong : HIPPOCANPUS - Correct : HIPPOCAMPUS |
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BARBADOS 1965 |
Two errors Two errors : plane is not an ME-109F but a Fiat-G50, name of the pilot is OIVA, not DIVA. |
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EQUATORIAL GUINEA 1977 |
Error in name Wrong : TOMANEN - Correct name of the winner is Jouko TÖRMÄNEN |
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CONGO REPUBLIC 1980 |
Additional letter Wrong : Dornier-Wall - Correct : Dornier-Wal with only one l |
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COMORO ISLANDS 1978 |
Wrong first letter The first letter of the first name is not a J, but a I. |
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ITALY 2006 |
Error in name Wrong : Europaens - Correct : Europaeus. |
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1966 |
Little error Wrong : DE LE PASTURE - Correct : DE LA PASTURE |
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BELGIUM 1964 |
Little error Wrong : DE LE PASTURE - Correct : DE LA PASTURE |
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BELGIUM 1964 |
Wrong name Wrong : ECHINOCACTUS - Correct : ECHINOCEREUS |
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BELGIUM 1965 |
Missing hyphen Missing hyphen in the name SANTOS-DUMONT |
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BRAZIL 1929 |
Missing hyphen Missing hyphen between BADEN and POWELL |
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BRAZIL 1957 |
Error in name The designer Clive ABBOTT's name is misspelt ABBOT. |
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BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 1975 |
Wrong name Wrong : RANUNCULUS ACER - Correct : RANUNCULUS ACRIS |
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BULGARIA 1973 |
Wrong name The correct name of this deer is CERVUS DAMA, non DAMA DAMA |
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BULGARIA 1973 |
Wrong name Wrong : MACROGLOSSUM FUCIFORMIS - Correct : HEMARIS FUCIFORMIS |
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BULGARIA 1990 |
Error in name Wrong : GUINEESIS - Correct : GUINIENSIS |
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CAMEROON 1982 |
Forgotten name Bell's first name was omitted. The correct name is Alexander Graham Bell. |
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 1976 |
Forgotten first name Bell's first name was omitted. The correct name is Alexander Graham Bell. |
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PAKISTAN 1976 |
Missing hyphen Missing hyphen between Baden and Powell. Correct on the Gambian stamp. |
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 1983 |
Error in name Wrong : CAPRIMULGUS - Correct : CAPRIMOLGUS |
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 1985 |
Wrong name The person featured on this stamp is called Astronomer Seng Yixing. His real name was Zhang Sui, Yixing is a religious surname that was given to him after he became a monk. . Issue year : 1955, not 1966. |
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CHINA 1955 |
Wrong name This Dance is called on the stamp 'The Knife Dance of the KAWA people'. As Kawa also means slave and carries a derogatory meaning, the name was changed to 'people WA' already in 1932. This was forgotten during the design of the sdtamp. |
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CHINA 1963 |
Error un name Wrong : Cygnus colnmbianus - Correct : Cygnus columbianus |
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CHINA 1983 |
Error in name Wrong : Masdevallia NICTERINA - Corrected trhee years later in : Masdevallia NYCTERINA |
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COLOMBIA 1947 |
Wrong name Wrong : ALCEDO VINTSIOIDES JOHANNAE - Correct : ALCEDO CRISTATA VINSIODES |
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COMORO ISLANDS 1967 |
Missing firstname After Sir follows always the first name. Wrong : Sir C. RAMAN - Correct : Sir Chandrasekhara RAMAN |
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COMORO ISLANDS 1977 |
Error in name Wrong : SERGHEI - Correct : SERGEI |
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CONGO REPUBLIC 1971 |
Wrong name Wrong : AULICA VESPERTILIO - Correct : AULICA ANTICA |
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COOK ISLANDS 1974 |
Wrong name Wrong : STROMBUS GIBBERULUS - Correct : STROMBUS GIBBOSUS |
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COOK ISLANDS 1974 |
Wrong name Wrong : TENEBRA MUSCARIA - Correct : TENEBRA AEROLATA |
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COOK ISLANDS 1974 |
Misspelt name The name of the composer VILLA-LOBOS was misspelt VILLALOBOS. |
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CUBA 1981 |
Error in name Wrong : NYMPHACA - Correct : NYMPHAEA |
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CUBA 1971 |
Error in name Wrong : VOLUNTEANUM - Correct : VOLONTEANUM |
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CUBA 1966 |
Missing hyphen Missing hyphen between Baden and Powell |
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DAHOMEY 1973 |
Error in name Wrong : Harpa Connaidalis - Correct : Harpa Conoidalis |
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DJIBOUTI 1979 |
Error in name The runner name is not Ron DELANEY but Ron DELANY. |
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1956 |
Error in name Wrong : HAMMARSKJÖLDS - Correct : HAMMARSKJÖLD |
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EGYPT 1962 |
Misspelt name Names of plants and animals consist of two parts, a generic name which must be capitalized, and a specific name which should not be capitalized. In this seris, the second name however is also capitalized. |
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ETHIOPIA 1980 |
Strange Is it SELLASSIE or SELASSIE ? Furthermore a stamp claims to celebrate 'his first 60th birthday'. What else could it be ? |
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ETHIOPIA 1952 |
Errors in names The names of both Swedish scientists are mispelt : correct spelling is SPARRMAN (with one N) and a C instead of K for Carlsson SOLANDER. |
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FRENCH POLYNESIA 1986 |
Unnecessary translation Albrecht Dürer is so famous, why hen translate Albrecht to Albert ? |
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FRANCE 1980 |
Error in name The Senegalese Kingsfisher (Halcyon senegalencis) is called Alcyon senegalensis. |
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GABON 1971 |
Error in name Wrong : Eulophia guineenis - Correct : Eulophia guineensis |
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GAMBIA 1978 |
Error in name Wrong : Harmensz Rembrandt van Ryn - Correct : Rembrandt Harmensz van Ryn. |
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GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 1955 |
Error in name Wrong : RAFFAELO - Correct : RAFFAELLO |
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GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 1955 |
Error in name Wrong : Florentine Nightingale - Correct : Florence Nightingale |
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GERMANY 1955 |
Wrong name, wrong container Wrong : LE BON - Correct : LEBON | He invented the illuminating gas from the distillation of wood. Due to the high temperature, this was made in fireclay containers, not in glass. |
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FRANCE 1955 |
Erron in name Wrong : J. SCHUSTER - Correct : J. SCHULLER |
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LUXEMBOURG 1983 |
Error in name Wrong : Janice - Correct : Janis |
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GRENADA 1992 |
Error in name The founder of the first settler in Chicago never called himself DESSABLES. His real name was Jean Baptiste Point de (or du) Sable. |
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HAITI 1959 |
Wrong name Wrong : Apatura ilia - Correct : Apatura iris. |
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HUNGARY 1959 |
Wrong name The name of the engraver is Henri, not Erni. |
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GABON 1984 |
Error in name Wrong : Dadabhoy - Correct : Dadabhai |
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INDIA 1963 |
Error in name Wrong : Haliaetus - Correct : Haliaeetus. |
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ISRAEL 1963 |
Missing letter Wrong : ORAZIANO - Correct : ORAZIANO |
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ITALY 1936 |
A space too much Wrong : semper virens - Correct : sempervirens. |
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ITALY 1968 |
Wrong name Wrong : Chloris chloris - Correct : Carduelis Chloris |
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SAHARAUI 1997 |
Missing letter BAH insztead of BACH |
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ALBANIA |
Error in name Wrong : STROPHANTUS - Correct : STROPHANTHUS. |
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IVORY COAST 1961 |
Error in naam Wrong : APORR.PES GALLINAE - Correct : APORR. PESGALLINAE |
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IVORY COAST 1971 |
Error in name Wrong : CASSINI-HUGHES - Correct : CASSINI-HUYGENS |
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HUNGARY 1991 |
Addditional letter Wrong : Carpreolus - Correct : Capreolus. |
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SOUTH AFRICA 2010 |
Wrong family This butterfly belongs to the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Charaxinae, and not to the Apaturidae as given on this stamp. |
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JAMAICA 1978 |
Wrong birthyear Overprint Hammarskjoeld 1904-1961. His correct name is Hammarsköld and he was born in 1905 |
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JORDAN 1961 |
Error in name Wrong : HEBLONA - Correct : HEBLOMA |
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KAMPUCHEA 1985 |
Error in name Wrong : INTREGRIFOLIA - Correct : INTEGRIFOLIA |
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LAO 1968 |
Error in name Wrong : URSUS MALAYNUS - Correct : URSUS MALYNUS |
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LAO 1969 |
Error in name Wrong : Ascocentrum MINIATUR - Correct : Ascocentrum MINIATUM. |
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LAO 1971 |
Error in name Wrong : Catteleya - Correct : Cattleya, see stamp from Poland. |
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LAO 1972 |
Error in name Wrong : Rynchostylis giganterum - Correct : Rhynchostylis gigantea. |
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LAO 1972 |
Error in name Wrong : IPOMAEA - Correct : IPOMOEA. |
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MAURITANIA 1966 |
Error in name Wrong : M. KAMPFERI - Correct : M. KAEMFERIE |
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MONACO 1960 |
Missing accent Wrong : Devote (without accent) - Correct : Dévote (with accent). |
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MONACO 1960 |
Error in name Wrong : Phrynoephalus - Correct : Phrynocephalus. |
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MONGOLIA 1972 |
One wrong letter Wrong : tlavescens - Correct : flavescens |
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MONGOLIA 1973 |
One letter too much Wrong : dahuricum - Correct : dauricum |
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MONGOLIA 1973 |
Error in name Wrong : Phororhacus - Correct : Phororhacos. |
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LAO 1988 |
Error in name Wrong : FREYCINETTIA - Correct : FREYCINETTA |
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NEW CALEDONIA 1964 |
Two errors The seaweed with this shrimp is the Serrated wrack (Fucus serrratus) which does not occur further south than Spain, and hence does not occur in Morocco. Wrong : ARISTEOMORPHA - Correct : ARISRAEOMORPHA |
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MOROCCO 1965 |
Missing hyphen Missing hyphen between Baden and Powell. |
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NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 1957 |
Error in nalme Wrong : THUMBERGIA - Correct : THUNBERGIA. Same error on stamps from 1983 and 1986. |
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NICARAGUA 1991 |
One additional letter Wrong : duthierae - Correct : duthieae. |
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MOZAMBIQUE 1983 |
One wrong letter Wrong : cuncata - Correct : cuniata. |
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MOZAMBIQUE 1983 |
One wrong letter Wrong : Endorachne - Correct : Endarachne. |
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MOZAMBIQUE 1983 |
Error in name Wrong : BULBUCUS - Correct : BUBULCUS |
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NIGER 1967 |
Error in name Wrong : Graham Bell - Correct : Alexander G. Bell. |
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NIGER 1972 |
Error in name Wrong : bingami - Correct : binghami. |
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VIET NAM 1967 |
Wrong name and colour. Wrong : SAXZITRAGA NIRCULUS - Correct : SAXIFRAGA HIRCULUS. Furthermore the flower is yellow, not blue. |
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MONGOLIA 1985 |
Not Polish This woodcarving was executed by the German artist Veit STOSS of Nuremberg. The Polish form Wita STWOSZA on the stamp implies quite improperly that he was Pole. |
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POLAND 1960 |
No Pole This woodcarving was executed by the German artist Veit STOSS of Nuremberg. The Polish form Wita STWOSZA on the stamp implies quite improperly that he was Pole. |
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POLAND 1956 |
Not quite clear Thei initiator of the Esperanto language, Ludvig Lasarus ZAMANHOF, seems to be called on this stamp : JARO DE ZAMENHOF, what simply means Year of Zamenhof. |
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POLAND 1959 |
Error in name Wrong : Haliaeëtus - Correct : Haliaeetus. |
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POLAND 1960 |
One wrong letter Wrong : Eguus - Correct : Equus. |
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POLAND 1978 |
One wrong letter Wrong : Elaphas - Correct : Elephas. |
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POLAND 1978 |
Error in name Wrong : Tulipa gregii - Correct : Tulipa Greigii. |
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RUSSIA 1960 |
Error in name The correct name of the painter is HANS VON AACHEN instead of HANS VAN ACHEN. |
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ROMANIA 1969 |
Wrong initials Wrong initials of Nikolaj Alexandrovich Dobrolyubov : A.N instead of N.A. - Correct on a stamp of 1961. |
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RUSSIA 1936 |
Error in name The full latin name is Elodea canadensis Michx, not Rich as on the stamp. |
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ROMANIA 1966 |
Wrong abbreviation Main names are not abbreviated. Wrong : Apat. ilia - Correct : Apatura ilia. |
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ROMANIA 1969 |
Error in name Wrong : Kurt - Correct : Curt. |
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SOUTH WEST AFRICA 1965 |
Error in name Wrong : Johanes Kepler - Correct : Johann Keppler. |
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SIERRA LEONE 1985 |
Error in name Wrong : Durer - Correct : Dürer. |
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SOLOMON ISLANDS 1978 |
Wrong name Wrong :Trachodon - Correct : Anatosaurus. |
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LAO 1988 |
Misspelt name Wrong : ASTRATE - Correct : ASTARTE. |
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SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 1966 |
Gender change Stamp showing a painting featuring The Virgin and Child with St John, but with his gender changed from JOHN to JOAN. |
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1971 |
Wrong title Edmond Halley is called SIR although he was never knighted. |
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UGANDA 1985 |
One letter too much Wrong : BODDHISATTVA - Correct : BODHISATTVA. |
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YEMEN 1968 |
Wrong name Wrong : GEKKO GECKO - Correct : GECKO GECKO. |
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VIET NAM 1967 |
Error in name Wrong : CUVELIER - Correct : CUVIER. |
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BELGIUM 1968 |
Missing letter The engraver's name Tägtström is mispelt Tägström with a missing T. |
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SWEDEN 1965 |
Wrong title Edward Jenner, the pioneer of the vaccination, was never knighted, and thus cannot be called Sir. |
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ZAMBIA 1970 |
One letter too much Wrong : BULLOCKI - Correct : BULOCKI. |
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CHAD 1966 |
Error in name Wrong : SHIRA - Correct : SCHIRRA. |
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HUNGARY 1966 |
Wrong first name Laurence Olivier's first name was mispelt three times wrongly as Lawrence. |
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SWEDEN 1959 |
Wrong initials Wrong : V.L. KOMAROV - Correct : V.M. KOMAROV. |
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HUNGARY 1966 |
Error in name Wrong : Florence Joyner-Griffith - Correct : Florence Griffith-Joyner. |
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MONGOLIA 1989 |
Two errors Mississipe instead of Mississipi - Jean Baptise Point du Sable instead of Paul Dessable. |
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HAITI 1959 |
Error in name Wrong : HAIL WOOD - Correct : Mike HAILWOOD. |
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YEMEN |
Missing letter Wrong overprint : GRIFFTH instead of GRIFFITH. |
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AITUTAKI 1988 |
Missing letter Wrong : CAROLFELD - Correct : CAROLSFELD. |
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ANTIGUA 1981 |
Error in name Wrong : Wilcott - Correct : Walcott. |
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SAINT VINCENT AND GRENADINES 1994 |
Additional letter Wrong : SCHOPIN - Correct : CHOPIN |
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MACEDONIA 2010 |
Wrong plural Convolvulus spp would imply two ore more species (plural). But as these flowers are all of the same kind, the correct denomination should have been Convolvulus sp. |
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NICARAGUA 1984 |
Wrong plural This stamp shows Cotton labelled Gossypium spp, which means species in the plural. For a single specimen of the Gossypium, sp would heve been preferable. |
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MOZAMBIQUE 1981 |
Wrong name Wrong : Francolinus Stephenson - Correct : Francolinus Stephens. The prominent leg spurs have also been omitted. |
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VIET NAM 1963 |
Errors in name Wrong : Leif Erikson - Correct : Liefs Eirickssons. |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1968 |
Error in name Wrong : Henry - Correct : Henri. Correct on Belgian stamp. |
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SWEDEN 1959 |
Error in name The correct name of Heyse's novel is 'Das Mädchen von TREPPI, not 'von TERRPI'. |
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SWEDEN 1970 |
Initials Calling the American President F.D.R. was not appreciated by everyone, so the stamp was issued again with his complete name. |
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HONDURAS 1946 |
Missing hypen Missing hyphen. This is not a portrait of Strind BERG, but STRINDBERG. |
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SWEDEN 1949 |
Missing hypen Missing hyphen. This is not a portrait of Christo Pher POLHEM, but from Christopher POLHEM.. |
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SWEDEN 1951 |
Missing A Missing 'A' in King's name. Wrong : TAUF'AHAU - Correct on the coin : TAUFA'AHAU. |
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TONGA 1992 |
One wrong letter Error in overprint. Wrong : KETAHKOTAAN - Correct : KEMAHKOTAAN. |
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JOHORE 1891 |
Wrong title Following the artist's name is an sc (meaning sculpit) indicating engraving. But these stamps are not 'engraved', they are offset. |
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SWEDEN 1989 |
Error in name Wrong : RUBARBRE - Correct : RHUBARBE. |
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AFGHANISTAN 1982 |
Additional letter Deperdussin is spelled with 2 'p'. |
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PARAGUAY 1980 |
Additional letter Wrong : EUGENNE - Correct : EUGENE. |
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PARAGUAY 1979 |
Error in name The exact name of this person was not LAVALETTE, but Antoine-Marie Chamans, comte de La Valette. |
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FRANCE 1954 |
Error in name Fébus is not correct, the correct name is Phoebus or Phébus. |
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FRANCE 1991 |
Error in name The correct name of the painter is LE BRUN in two words, not LEBRUN. |
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SPAIN 1959 |
Error in name Wrong : Liza Gerardini - Correct : Lisa Gherardini. |
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MONTENEGRO 2006 |
Error in name Wrong : Tree Howthorn - Correct : Tree Hawthorn |
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SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 2008 |
Error in firstname Wrong : GORG THOMA - Correct : GEORG THOMA. |
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GUYANA 1996 |
Name and teeth Wrong : Hyppopotamus - Correct : Hippopotamus. Furthermore, the upper teeth are missing. |
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GUINEA BISSAU 1997 |
Error in name Wrong : Jimmy Hendrix - Correct : Jimi Hendrix. |
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GRENADA GRENADINES 1989 |
Completed name Is it because some people did not know anymore who Elvis was, that a new stamp with the complete name Elvis Presley was issued some months later ? |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1993 |
Wrong name Wrong initials : M.N. - Correct initials are : A.J. (Anne-Jean). |
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FRANCE 1983 |
Error in firstname Wrong : Henry - Correct : Henri. |
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GUINEA BISSAU 1985 |
Wrong name The first name of the Belgian soccerplayer is Jan. Wrong : F. CEULEMANS - Correct : J. CEULEMANS. |
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 1986 |
Wrong title It is not because your husband id General of the Salvation army, that you can be called General too. |
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ZAIRE 1980 |
Error in name The name of the famous Belgian cyclism champion was Rik VAN LOOY, not VAN LOY. |
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MANAMA |
Wrong first name The first name of the Swiss founder of the Redd Cross is Henri, not Henry. |
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CHAD 1983 |
Missing hyphen Missing hyphen between Baden and Powell. |
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PARAGUAY 1965 |
Error in name Wrong : BLENKINSOPS - Correct : BLENKINSOP. |
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PARAGUAY 1972 |
Wrong title Wrong title H.M. (Her Majesty) was corrected into H.R.H. (Her Royal Highness). |
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TANZANIA 1190 |
Wrong title Wrong title H.M. (Her Majesty) was corrected into H.R.H. (Her Royal Highness). |
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TANZANIA 1990 |
Wrong first name Wrong first name Lawrence. Correct : Laurence. |
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SAN MARINO 1990 |
Error in name The name of this famous stamp collector was Philippe Ferrary de la Renotière, not Philippe de Ferrari. |
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LIECHTENSTEIN 1968 |
Small detail Wrong letter : c instead of ç. |
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CANADA 1973 |
Error in name Wrong : Henry - Correct : Henri. |
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TOGO 2000 |
One letter too much Wrong : DOBERMANN - Correct : DOBERMAN |
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BENIN 1997 |
Error in name Wrong : Debouteville - Correct : Deboutteville. |
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MONACO 1983 |
Error in name Wrong : Dumarou - Correct : Oumarou. |
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UPPER VOLTA 1983 |
Error in name Wrong : Kervin - Correct : Kevin. |
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 1985 |
Error in name Wrong : Van 'Hoff - Correct : van 't Hoff. |
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URUGUAY 1976 |
Error in name Wrong : Lutra - Correct : Lutea lutra |
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MOROCCO 1979 |
Error in name Wrong : Marbois - Correct : Barbé-Marbois. |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1953 |
Error in name Wrong : Revers - Correct : Revere |
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CHAD 1976 |
Error in name Wrong : Deusenberg - Correct : Duesenberg. |
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MAURITANIA 1981 |
Error in name Wrong : Hipoppotamus - Correct : Hippopotamus |
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CONGO REPUBLIC 1993 |
Missing letter Wrong : Ulman - Correct : Hulmann. |
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MALI 1995 |
Error in name Wrong : Marylin - Correct : Marilyn. |
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NIGER 1996 |
Missing letter Wrong : RETRIVER - Correct : RETRIEVER. |
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CAMBODIA 1996 |
Two errors Wrong : Logusta - Correct : Locusta. Furthermore the city of KARA does not exist, should be KABARA. |
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MALI 1964 |
Error in name Wrong : MacLead - Correct : MacLeod. |
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BENIN 1997 |
Error in name Wrong : Marelin - Correct : Marilyn. |
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MALAGASY 1994 |
Wrong position of names Gilbert is the forename of the painter, thus the legend should have been Gilbert Stuart, not Stuart Gilbert. |