Incorrect spelling

Wrong : stablishment - Correct : establishment

Too complicated !

Metereological was a good try, correct would have been Meteorological

FRANK or FRANKEN ?

5 FRANKEN is grammatically wrong, and was corrected to 5 FRANK

Incorrect abbrevation

Incorrect abbreviation of Anniversaire. Should have been AN. or ANNIV.

Short instead of long S

Oswald has to be written with a long S

Short instead of long S

Deutsches was first written with a short S, and afterwards corrected with a long S on new stamps

Wrong capital letter

Einig, in the middle of a sentence, has to be written with e instead of E

Corrected inscription

The incorrect inscription 1,10 FRANKEN was soon corrected to 1,10 FRANK on those railwaystamp.

Wrong proverb

The French proverb HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE for an unknown reason became HONNY ...

Wrong translation

CONFIDENCES (confidential announcements) was wrongly translated into CONFIDENCE (trust)

Language error

Wrong : EXTRAJEROS - Correct : EXTRANJEROS

Language error

Wrong : LIBERTAD PRO - Correct : LIBERTAD PARA

Language error

Wrong : PAPA PAULUS - Correct : POPE PAULUS

Language error

Wrong : MISS UNIVERS - Correct : MISS UNIVERSE

Language error

Wrong : JEUX PAN AMERICAN - Correct : JEUX PANAMERICAINS

Language error

Wrong : SAVEGUARD - Correct : SAFEGUARD

Language error

Wrong abbreviation of Anniversaire - Wrong : ANVERS. - Correct : ANNIV.

Language error

Stamp issued to celebrate the 100th anniversary of DESCARTES' book : DISCOURS SUR LA METHODE. Unfortunately the stamp mentioned DISCOURS DE LA METHODE. The wrong stamp was soon withdrawn, and replaced by a correct one.

Wrong plural

The incorrect plural ANNAS was corrected to ANNA, when the stamp was reissued.

Incorrect plural

One PTS (PESETAS) in an incorrect plural - should have been One PTA (see other stamp)

Incorrect plural

1 DRACHMH is the correct singular. The plural DRACHMAI has no sense.

Incorrect plural

Eskimos call themselves INUIT : THE PEOPLE (Singular : INUK) - So the plural INUITS has no sense (see also correct stamp).

Wrong plural

100 BANI correspond to 1 LEU. So the 1,55 stamp shoul have shown 155 BANI or 1,55 LEU, certainly not 1,55 BANI.

Wrong plural

Wrong plural on one of those pre-printed aerogram : POSTES has no sense, correct is POSTE

Language error

Wrong : Conférance - Correct : Conférence

Language and date errror

MADECINE and ANNIVERAIRE instead of MEDECINE and ANNIVERSAIRE. Furthermore the 21st anniversary in 1952 was followed by the 23rd anniversary in 1953 !

Missing letter

WIR SCHWÖREN was written correctly many times, except once right below : WIR SCWÖREN

Wrong letters

The incorrect mention TYPI…. was corrected into TIPY…..

Language error

DEFENCE was corrected afterwards in DEFENSE

Language error

Some of those private stamps mention BYBOST instead of BYPOST

Language error

Both stamps belong to the same series, one with ORGANIZATION, the other with ORGANISATION.

Wrong name

SOMLYÓ was corrected afterwards into SOMLÓ

Missing letter

All the 5 stamps of this sheet mention COOK ISLANS instead of COOK ISLANDS

Wrong name

Wrong : CZECHESLOVAKIA - Correct : CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Wrong name

Wrong : COLUMBIA - Correct : COLOMBIA

Wrong name

Wrong : URAGUAY - Correct : URUGUAY

Wrong name

Series of 9 stamps, one for each Belgian Province, with the name of the province capital in the 2 national languages, first the local language, then the other one. For the province of Luxemburg, a correct mention should have been ARLON - AARLEN

Missing mark

In Spanish, when a sentence ends with an exclamation mark, it always starts with an upside down exclamation mark.

Language error

10th anniversary was wrongly written 10m instead of 10th

Wrong spelling

Wrong : TRANS-ATLANTIC - Correct : TRANSATLANTIC

Rerublic !

RERUBLIC instead of REPUBLIC.

Capital letter

The local currency TOEA is never written with a capital letter. A wrong stamp was corrected and reissued.

Forgotten translation

Bilingual stamp. There is no reason why the name of the city of Liège was not translated into LUIK.

Missing hyphen

Missing hyphen in world's

Language error

Wrong : Journée d'agriculture - Correct : Journée de l'Agriculture

Language error

Wrong : Journée de Professeur - Correct : Journée du professeur

Language error

Wrong : Méres - Correct : Mères

Language error

AFGHANNES or AFGHANES ? Only one of them can be correct !

Wrong translation

The correct translation of Atoms for peace should have been Atômes pour la Paix instead of Atôme.

Language error

Wrong : Durer and Melencolia - Correct : Dürer and Melancholia

Bad translation !

Wrong : ON ROUTE - Correct : EN ROUTE

BABRUDA

One of the stamps shows the overprint BABRUDA instead if BARBUDA

Wrong country name

In België, the double dot is placed on the E, not on the I.

Language error

EXPRÊS was corrected in EXPRÈS.

Wrong letter

A caracter was misspelt in the translation of REVENU, giving it a complete different sense. The stamp was corrrected.

Tabaco or Tobacos ?

On the shop the stamp shows TOBACOS, but below : Historia del TABACO

INMEDIATA

Wrong inscription INMEDIATA instead of IMMEDIATA, was corrected two years later.

Changed design

On the original photograph the banner did not wear the word DEUTSCHLAND, which in any way has an incorrect short S instead of an long one in the middle of the word.

Impressive word.

INTERNATIAONAL looks impressive, but is of course not correct. Remove an A, and read INTERNATIONAL

Ihn or Sie ?

SCHÜTZT IHN is grammatically not correct, should have been SCHÜTZT SIE.

Missing hyphen

Wrong : OUTREMER - Correct OUTRE-MER

Which is correct ?

Telecommunications or telecommunication : or the stamps, or the sheet is wrong.

Wrong representation

Egyptian hieroglyphies show a face in frontal view, whereas faces were always shown in profile. Some people claimed that the face shown was a caricature of Prince Charles.

Language error

When this series was presented to the press, it appeared that one stamp mentioned 'Hundreth' instead of 'Centenary. There was however sufficent time for reprinting with the correct words : Centenary conference.

Language error.

Wrong : Austrailian - Correct : Australian

Wrong currency.

On the brown stamp the local currency is indicated by Tt instead of Ft. Correct on the green stamp.

Language error

Wrong : co-operative - Correct : cooperative

Language error

Wrong : childrens - Correct : children's

Wrong quote.

President Kennedy was misquoted on this stamp. He actually said 'Ask not what your country CAN do for you' and not 'WILL do for you'.

One N too much !

INOCULATION has got one N too much !

Language error

Wrong : ESCOLUIT - Correct : EXCOLUIT

Typing error

In Czestochowa, the cedilla is below the C (ç), not below the Z

Wrong currency

The local currency is BAHT, and not BATH.

Missing space

Wrong : ... HOMINESET ... - Correct : ... HOMINES ET ...

Grammatical error

Wrong : VOITURES ANCIENS - Correct : VOITURES ANCIENNES

Wrong language

CORREOS (Spanish) instead of POSTES (French)

Language error

Wrong : DIR YACINE - Correct : DEIR YASSIN

Without sense

Morse-message without any sense : ...MLB...

With or without dots

Depending on the time period this stamp was issued, it can be found with or without umlaut in CÜMHURIYETI

One wrong letter

Wrong : OFFICIEL - Correct : OFFICIER.

In one word

Wrong : Franco Bollo - Correct : Francobollo.

Wrong letter

Wrong : Continious - Correct : Continuous.

Missing hyphen

Hyphen is missing between Jubilaums and Kongress

Missing hyphen

Kunstschätze is written inb one word, thus an hyphen is missing between Kunst and schätze

Letter inversion

Wrong on one stamp : ANNIVERSAIRO - Correct on the two other stamps : ANNIVERSARIO

Translation

The stamps with a local religious symbol was re-issued with the explanation in native language

Translation

The stamps with a local religious symbol was re-issued with the explanation in native language

One R too much

Country and value in silver colour are almost invisible. Probably the reason why ÖSTERREICH is written ÖSTERRREICH with RRR.

Little error on an expensive stamp

Stamp featuring one of the world´s rarest stamps issued by British Guynea in 1856. The motto on this stamp contained an error. Wrong : Damus Petimus Que Vicissim - Correct : Damus petimusque Vicissim

Missing letter

Wrong : JUBILEUM - Correct : JUBILAEUM. See picture.

Missing apostrophe

Wrong : Dickens Death - Correct : Dicken's Death.

Gender error

Gender error : the local currency should be STOTINKA, not STOTINK. Was corrected

Grammatical error

The grammatical error in the cancellation (D'OR instead of L'OR) was discovered and corrected. Only 6.475 FDC exist with the wrong cancellation.

Obsolete

The last chinese character on the right side was declared abolished by the Ministry of Culture and the Committee for the Reform of the Written Language in 1955.

Missing word

The caption on this stamp was intended to be 'Qilu 300.000-ton Ethylene Project'. The last word project is missing in the chines text.

Missing stroke

The seal in the shape of the island in the upper right corner bears the four character for Hai Nan Jian Sheng, but one stroke is missing in the caracter for Nan. Correct on the other stamps.

Two small differences

Wrong : MOTHERS DAY and Mrs COOKBURN - Correct : MOTHER'S DAY and Mrs COCKBURN

Grammatical error

Wrong : CHILDRENS DAY - Correct : CHILDREN'S DAY

Three errors

Novia Scotia is pictured as an island, and the USA include the Province of Quebec south of the Lawrence River. And in the upper margin,Trans-Atlantic should have been Transatlantic.

Non consistent.

Non consistent way to translate the country's name in an international language : here me may see ETHIOPIA as well as ETHIOPIE.

Language error

Wrong : 1920's - Correct : 1920s

Capital letter

There is no reason why Radium is written with a capital letter.

Unusual

TENIS with only one N, on a volleyball field, serving with the back to the net ?

Three errors

The moon map is showed upside down, UHR after the landing time is not necessary as there is already an H after 22, an the landing happened two days before full moon, not after full moon as depicted.

Wrong split

Wrong : pneumo- nanthe - Correct : pneumon- anthe

Wrong split

Wrong : Cepha- lanthera - Correct : Cephal- anthera

Wrong letters ? Not sure !

MIR (Peace) is written in Western letters, and not, as could be expected, in the Russian alphabeth. The same word however exists in other slavonic languages, so the way it is written could be correct !

One T too much

Wrong on the FDC : LITTERATUR - Correct on the postmark and stamp : LITERATUR

Missing dot

Missing abbreviation dot after the A.

Missing dot

Missing dot after the C in H.J.C. von Grimmelshausen.

Pfennige or Pfennig ?

Pfennige or Pfennig, undecided till finally Pfennig was agreed in 1880.

Pfennige or Pfennig ?

Pfennige or Pfennig, undecided till finally Pfennig was agreed in 1880.

Additional letter

Wrong : Amullette - Correct : Amulette

Language error

Wrong : XVIés - Correct : XVIèmes

Inversion of letters

Wrong : CALVARYMAN - Correct : CAVALRYMAN

Wrong letter

Wrong : Kunslsammlungen - Correct : Kunstsammlungen

Missing accent

ÍSLAND should be spelled with an accent on the firrst letter. Sometimes this is forgotten.

Capital letter

The gender in the scientific name of animals is written with a capital letter . Wrong mustela - Correct : Mustela.

Capital letter

The gender in the scientific name of an animal is always written with a capital letter. Wrong : cervus - Correct : Cervus.

Grammar

Wrong : LIRA UNA - Correct : UNA LIRA or LIRE UNA

Missing sign

This quotation ends with a exclamation mark, which is missing on the stamp.

Language error

The designer tried to translate an old Dutch text to modern Dutch, but made a big mistake.

One letter too much

Wrong : CHAUSSEUR - Correct : CHASSEUR.

Two errors.

Wrong : Journée DE Professeur - Correct : Journée DU Professeur . And the technique of the jumper needs really to be improved.

Missing hyphen

Missing hyphen in gardes-côtes.

Missing letter

Wrong : U.G.E.M.A. - Corrrect : l'U.G.E.M.A.

Wrong accent

Wrong accent on ème.

Addditional letter

POSSTES instead of POSTES

Smal detail

Stamps says that the Arawak Indian is 'making' Cassava. In fact Cassava is the meal prepared from the roots of manioc plants by grating and pounding, it is prepared, not make.

Wrong space

Wrong : Hop Scotch - Correct : Hopscotch

Wrong citation

The correct quotation from the Declaration of Human Rights is 'Thou shalt not enslave him, not 'Thou shall ....'

Missing letter

Wrong : steamlined - Correct : streamlined.

Wrong inscription

Wrong inscription : Rex Manniae et Insularem. Corrected on a later stamp : Insularum.

Wrong accent

There has always been a confusion about the accent on the name of the city of Liege. Correct however is : Liège.

Missing letter

Wrong : MILLIMES - Correct : MILLIÈMES.

Wrong word

This is of course not a visit to a SIGHT, but to a SITE.

Wrong letter

Wrong : Excelris - Correct : Excelsis.

Wrong language

As the Congo Republic is a French speaking country, one should have expected the French POSTES instead of the Spanish CORREOS.

Addditional letter

Wrong : MIGLIAVACA - Correct : MILIAVACA.

Additional letter

Wrong : ANNIVERSSAIRE - Correct : ANNIVERSAIRE

Error in name

The exact name of this painting by John Trumbull is 'The battle of Bunker Hill', not Bunker's Hill.

One wrong letter

Postcard issued by the British Post Museum. Wrong : Mediterranian Sea - Correct : Mediterranean Sea.

Wrong currency

As a Danish printer was asked to produce a series of stamps for the Swedish Stockhoms Lokalpost, the mistake that ocured could have been expected : the value was printed in ØRE (Danish) instead of ÖRE (Swedish). The error was corrected.

Missing hypen

Missing hyphen. This is not a portrait of Strind BERG, but STRINDBERG.

Missing hypen

Missing hyphen. This is not a portrait of Christo Pher POLHEM, but from Christopher POLHEM..

Error in overprint

Wrong abbreviation in overprint : ANV instead of ANNIV.

Missing letter

Wrong : CROISSAN - Correct : CROISSANT.

Wrong abbreviation

The correct abbreviation of hectare is ha., without capital letter.

Missing diaeresis

Wrong : NOEL - Correct : NOËL. Same error on all the stamps of this series.

No accents

No accents are used in the written Latin language.

Wrong transcription

In the text of the Delaration of the Rights, 'devoirs' was erroneously transcripted to 'pouvoirs'.

Inversion

Meter stamp with spelling error : SUOTH instead of SOUTH.

One letter too much

Wrong : FLEURE - Correct : FLEUR.

Wrong accent

Wrong : conquète - Correct : conquête.

Missing letter

Correct citation : Me doctarum hederae praemia frontium - Wrong on stamp : Me doctarum ederae proemia frontium.

Additional letter

Wrong : Arnniversaire - Correct : Anniversaire.

Wrong inscription

Wrong : 200 anniversary of the birthday of the inventer of braille's alphabet - More correct should be : 200th anniversary of the birth of the inventor of Braille's alphabet.

Language error

Wrong : Congrès du Sommet. Correct should have been : Congrès AU sommet or Conférence au Sommet.

Wrong letter

Wrong : Astrulabe - Correct : AstrOlabe.

Two errors

Portugese instead of Portuguese Guinea. And the country name of Ivory Coast is missing.

Language error

Wrong : 500 anniversaire du Rafael - Correct should be : 500ème anniversaire de Rafael.

Missing letter

Wrong : Spashdown - Correct : Splachdown.

Small error

Even in the design of service items, some errors can be made : look at the Dutch text, the wrong 'h' was corrected into 'u' (uur).

Wrong formulation

Wrong : Jeux asiatiques gagnant - Correct : Gagnants des Jeux Asiatiques.

Missing dot

Missing abbreviation dot.

Twice strange

The name 'world jamboree' is at least strange, as a jamboree is already a world reunion of scouts. And such geant squarrels with a rabbit head do not exist, even in Norway.

In one word

Wrong : KILO-VOLT - Correct : KILOVOLT.

Old spelling

Pianere is a very old spelling of Paniere (basket). It was not in use anymore when this painting was made.

One letter too much

Wong : AFGHANNES - Correct : AFGHANES.

Inversion

Wrong : Afghanes Postes - Correct : Postes Afghanes.

Addditional dot

An abbrevuiation dot is not necessary after Sir

Missing letter

Wrong : Nations Unis - Correct : Nations Unies.

Wrong title

Wrong : Postes Afghanistan - Correct : Postes Afghanes.

Missing plural

Wrong : Postes aérienne - Correct : Postes aériennes.

Wrong wording

The Chinese wording underneath the pictures says : Yunnan camellias Bao Zhu and others, as if other types of flowers are represented on the stamp, which is not the case.

Wrong letter

Wrong : siègle - Correct : Siècle

One letter too much

Wrong : Madonne - Correct : Madone.

Wrong letter

Wrong : Mondial - Correct : Mundial (in Spanish).

Wrong accent

Wrong : GUINÈE - correct : GUINEE

Language error

Wrong : de l'handicapé - Correct : du handicapé.

Language error

Wrong : clube - Correct : Club.

Language error

Wrong : La Réve de Dante - Correct : Le Rêve de Dante.

Language error

Wrong : Journée de cultivateur - Correct : Journée du cultivateur

Additional letter

Wrong : Frannçais - Correct : Français.

Missing letter

Wrong : ILITERACY - Correct : ILLITERACY.

Wrong letter

Stamp showing the Crane-constellation. There is a little mistake in the Greek translation : TERANOS instead of GERANOS.

Wrong plural

Wrong : ARTIFICES - Correct : ARTIFICE. See other stamp.

Wrong letter

Wrong : WAKITIPU - Correct : WAKATIPU. A corrected stamp was issued.

Language error

Wrong : Aseptie - Correct : Asepsie.

Missing letter

Wrong : Coutume National - Correct : Nationale.

One wrong letter

Wrong : Journée DE professeur - Correct : Journée DU professeur.

3 language errors

Wrong : L occasion, anneé, refugié - Correct : L'occasion, année, réfugié.