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


BELGIUM 1915



Two overprints
Two overprints : the first one to change the value of the stamp to 5 Cents, the second one to One. Cents still appears in the plural.


LIBERIA



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


BELGIUM 1915



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


INDIA 1911



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


SPAIN 1920



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


GREECE 1933



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


CANADA 1977



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.


ROMANIA 1964



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


CANADA



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


AFGHANISTAN 1958



Wrong plural
Wrong : 1 Centesimi - Correct : 1 Centesimo


ITALY 1870



Wrong plural
1 BANI, speedly corrected to 1 BAN


ROMANIA



Wrong plural
Wrong : 1 LEI (plural) - Correct : 1 LEU (singular)


ROMANIA 1927



Wrong singular
40 BAN is not correct, 40 BANI (plural) is.


ROMANIA 1958



Wrong plural
1 Ces is a plural. Should have been 1Ce (Centime)


SOMALIA 1894



Wrong plural
Lei is plural. Should have been 1 Leu instead of 1 Lei


ROMANIA



Double plural
DICE is already the plural of DIE. Thus is DICES a 'double plural'.


SHARJAH 1987



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


ITALY 1923



Wrong plural
2Cts is of course correct, but 1Cts should have been 1Ct.


SPAIN 1920



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.


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.


MOZAMBIQUE 1981



Missing plural
Wrong : Postes aérienne - Correct : Postes aériennes.


AFGHANISTAN 1939



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


FRANCE 2011



Wrong plural
Everyone who has learned a little bit French knows that the plural of CHEVAL CHEVAUX IS, and not CHEVALS.


IVORY COAST 2009



Language error
Wrong : children day - Correct : children's day.


PAKISTAN 1964



Language error
Wrong : children day - Correct : children's day.


PAKISTAN 1973



Missing letter
Wrong: OLYMPIQUE - Correct: OMYMPIQUES


CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1965



Wrong letter
Wrong : LIRA UNA - Correct: LIRE UNA (see other stamp)


ITALY 1923