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Missing letter Cristmas, without H, soon corrected in Christmas (BELGIË - 1985) | |
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Dfutsches Reich Some of those Germania-stamps show DFUTSCHES REICH instead of DEUTSCHES REICH. (GERMANY - 1902) | |
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MECEDES instead of MERCEDES This is obviously a MERCEDES car, not a MECEDES (GAMBIA - 1986) | |
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LARL BENZ instead of CARL BENZ The inventor of the diesel engine of course was CARL BENZ, not LARL BENZ (GAMBIA - 1986) | |
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KINIGDOM instead of KINGDOM Wrong : KINIGDOM OF JORDAN - Correct : KINGDOM OF JORDAN (JORDAN - 1971) | |
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MEMORIAN instead of MEMORIAM Wrong : IN MEMORIAN - Correct : IN MEMORIAM (BRAZIL - 1964) | |
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BEOUIA instead of BEQUIA Wrong : BEOUIA - Correct : BEQUIA (SAINT VINCENT - 1965) | |
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HOME SOCIETY instead of HOME SEVRETARY. Governor Philip meeting the Home Society ? After a corrected stamp had been issued, we knew that he met the Home Secretary ! (NORFOLK - 1986) | |
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PNNEY instead of PENNY. PNNEY instead of PENNY in the overprint on the right stamp. (MALTA - 1900) | |
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Missing letter Missing letter R of République in the overprint (LEBANON - ) | |
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Wrong location name Wrong and correct name on the same stamp. Wrong : Kimerlite - Correct : Kimberlite (LESOTHO - 1973) | |
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Short instead of long S Oswald has to be written with a long S (AUSTRIA - 1977) | |
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Short instead of long S Deutsches was first written with a short S, and afterwards corrected with a long S on new stamps (GERMANY - 1921) | |
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Wrong capital letter Einig, in the middle of a sentence, has to be written with e instead of E (GERMANY - 1900) | |
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Colour shift Due to a colour shift, België became Belgïe. (BELGIUM - 1965) | |
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Lost zero Preprinted postcard, with a lost ZERO somewhere in the preprinted stamp. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ) | |
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Wrong letter Wrong letter : FOSTAL instead of POSTAL (ANTIGUA - 1974) | |
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Forgotten letter Forgotten letter : ENLISH instead of ENGLISH (ANTIGUA - 1974) | |
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Language error Wrong : Conférance - Correct : Conférence (UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC - 1959) | |
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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 ! (AFGHANISTAN - 1953) | |
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Missing letter WIR SCHWÖREN was written correctly many times, except once right below : WIR SCWÖREN (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC - 1970) | |
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Wrong letters The incorrect mention TYPI…. was corrected into TIPY….. (GREECE - 1937) | |
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Language error DEFENCE was corrected afterwards in DEFENSE (EGYPT - 1953) | |
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Language error Some of those private stamps mention BYBOST instead of BYPOST (DENMARK - ) | |
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Language error Both stamps belong to the same series, one with ORGANIZATION, the other with ORGANISATION. (BELGIUM - 1958) | |
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Missing sentence The mention NATIONAL TRUST HOUSE AND GARDEN is missing on the cover on one of those booklets (UNITED KINGDOM - ) | |
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Wrong name NIEDZIGA was corrected in NIEDZICA (POLAND - 1952) | |
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Wrong name NAMBIA of course is not correct, it should have been NAMIBIA (SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC - ) | |
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Missing letter An S is missing in MISSISSIPI, on the seal in the middle of this stamp. The designer of the stamp had no other choice than to copy carefully this error. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1948) | |
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At least three errors Right below : SIDNEY instead of SYDNEY - Above : VAN DIEMAN instead of VAN DIEMEN - Right below : the opera building and the bridge are reversed in the stamp (TONGA - 1988) | |
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Wrong name SOMLYÓ was corrected afterwards into SOMLÓ (HUNGARY - 1960) | |
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Wrong name JESSLETON was corrected afterwards into JESSELTON (NORTH BORNEO - ) | |
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Missing letter All the 5 stamps of this sheet mention COOK ISLANS instead of COOK ISLANDS (PENRHYN - 1983) | |
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Wrong name Wrong : CZECHESLOVAKIA - Correct : CZECHOSLOVAKIA (SIERRA LEONE - 1990) | |
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Wrong name Wrong : COLUMBIA - Correct : COLOMBIA (SIERRA LEONE - 1990) | |
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Wrong name Wrong : URAGUAY - Correct : URUGUAY (SIERRA LEONE - 1990) | |
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Wrong name When Nyasaland became Malawi, lake Nyasa of course became lake Malawi. This was first forgotten, afterwards a corrected stamp was issued. (MALAWI - 1965) | |
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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 (BELGIUM - 1940) | |
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Wrong name FDG to commemorate the start of postal services on the USS ALMACK. Unfortunately the postmark showed ALMAACK instead of ALMACK. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ) | |
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Wrong date The great Roman composer Porumbescu was born in 1853, as shown on a previously issued stamp. Not in 1854 as shown on a preprinted postcard. (ROMANIA - 1954) | |
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Rerublic ! RERUBLIC instead of REPUBLIC. (SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC - ) | |
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Capital letter The local currency TOEA is never written with a capital letter. A wrong stamp was corrected and reissued. (PAPUA NEW GUINEA - ) | |
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Missing countryname Former British stamps overprinted and used by GUYANA to mark the independence attained in 1966. On one stamp in every sheet, the overprint GUYANA is missing and substitued by 1966 (upper left) (GUYANA - 1967) | |
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Wrong letter Small letter i in Afghanistan, all the other letters are capitals ! (AFGHANISTAN - 1952) | |
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Language error Wrong : Méres - Correct : Mères (AFGHANISTAN - 1968) | |
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Language error AFGHANNES or AFGHANES ? Only one of them can be correct ! (AFGHANISTAN - ) | |
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Missing letter Wrong : CARRIBEAN - Correct : CARRIBBEAN (BAHAMAS - 1985) | |
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Language error EXPRÊS was corrected in EXPRÈS. (CANADA - 1946) | |
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Missing letter Wrong : AUNE - Correct : FAUNE (CANADA - 1995) | |
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Ambigious inscription The inscription IMPERIAL CHINESE POST was a little bit ambigious, and was later corrected in CHINESE IMPERIAL POST. (CHINA - 1896) | |
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Printing gremlin On this Chinese commemorative FDC, COMMEMORATION is misspelt COMMERATION (CHINA - 1947) | |
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Wrong date China offres an excellent service to philatelists, numbering and dating all their stamps. Except here … 1855 is not correct, the stamp was issued in 1955. (CHINA - ) | |
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Wrong letter A caracter was misspelt in the translation of REVENU, giving it a complete different sense. The stamp was corrrected. (COCHIN - 1918) | |
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Just one wrong letter. Wrong : GROSSOPTILQN - Correct : GROSSOPTILON (CHINA - 1989) | |
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INMEDIATA Wrong inscription INMEDIATA instead of IMMEDIATA, was corrected two years later. (CUBA - 1900) | |
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BRANLIO BRANLIO was corrected in BRAULIO when a new stamp was issued. (COSTA RICA - 1901) | |
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One missing letter Wrong : Mufflon - Correct : Moufflon. A corrected stamp was issued soon after the error was discovered (CYPRUS - 1993) | |
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Early death. Stodola died in 1942, not in 1924 ! (CZECHOSLOVAKIA - 1959) | |
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Impressive word. INTERNATIAONAL looks impressive, but is of course not correct. Remove an A, and read INTERNATIONAL (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC - 1970) | |
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Two dates Only on one stamp in a sheet, a second date appeared in the lower half of the stamp. (ESTONIA - 1999) | |
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Wrong flower name Wrong : DALHIAS - Correct : DAHLIAS (FRANCE - 1994) | |
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Inverted letters Wrong : ALDER PLANETARIUM - Correct : ADLER PLANETARIUM (GAMBIA - 1992) | |
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Wrong figure. A printed 7 never has a small horizontal line. See other stamp. (GERMANY - 1953) | |
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Which is correct ? Telecommunications or telecommunication : or the stamps, or the sheet is wrong. (GHANA - 1965) | |
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Missing letter One of the stamps has a missing p after 12 ! (UNITED KINGDOM - 1980) | |
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Foute benaming. Cannonsreach bleek fout te zijn, en werd verbeterd in Canonsreach. (UNITED KINGDOM - 1971) | |
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Forgotten line Stamp with an extract of a Parliamentary report. A whole line from the English version (between the 8th and 9th lines from the bottom) was omitted. (GREECE - 1954) | |
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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. (GREENLAND - 1993) | |
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Language error. Wrong : Austrailian - Correct : Australian (GRENADA - 1992) | |
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Reversed characters. Two Chinese characters were printed in reverse order. The aerogramme was recalled and replaced by a correct one. (HONG KONG - 1997) | |
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Wrong currency. On the brown stamp the local currency is indicated by Tt instead of Ft. Correct on the green stamp. (HUNGARY - 1961) | |
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Wrong language If a name was written outside this russian vessel, it ought to have been in Cyrylllian letters, not in the Latin alphabet. (HUNGARY - 1965) | |
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Mixed inscriptions. Stamps sshowing grapes and oranges, but the inscriptions were mixed up. (IRAQ - 1970) | |
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Wrong name. Wrong : Femme BALOUE - Correct : Femme BAOULE (IVORY COAST - 1936) | |
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Wrong name Wrong : ALPHA - Correct : ALFA (LIBERIA - 1993) | |
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Wrong name The lake steamer CHAUNCY MAPLES had his name wrongly spelled as CHAUNCEY MAPLES. The name however was given correctly on a sheet (MALAWI - 1975) | |
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Wrong overprint Wrong : Edhingburgh - Correct : Edinburgh (MONTSERRAT - 1987) | |
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Wrong letter. I instead of L on the red 30c stamp (NETHERLANDS - 1963) | |
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Additional zero. Used postal stationary card with, just below the face of Queen Juliana, a small circular mark. (NETHERLANDS - 1970) | |
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Wrong letter C instead of Q in QUARTRO. (NICARAGUA - 1898) | |
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Wrong letter DANAL de Panama ? They meaned CANAL, of course (PANAMA - 1915) | |
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Misspelt name Dimitrie BRANDZA's name is mispelt as BRINDZA (ROMANIA - 1961) | |
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Typing error In Czestochowa, the cedilla is below the C (ç), not below the Z (VATICAN - 1966) | |
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Missing letter Missing letter in PACIFIC : PACFIC instead of PACIFIC. (TOKELAU - 1989) | |
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Wrong currency The local currency is BAHT, and not BATH. (THAILAND - 1974) | |
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Missing space Wrong : ... HOMINESET ... - Correct : ... HOMINES ET ... (THAILAND - 1970) | |
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No hyphen There is no hyphen between SAINT and LOUIS. (FRANCE - 1967) | |
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Wrong name Wrong : HANNA - Correct : HANNAH (MALAGASY - 1975) | |
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Additional comma Additional comma : 0,37,5 ipv 0,375. (VENEZUELA - 1939) | |
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With or without dots Depending on the time period this stamp was issued, it can be found with or without umlaut in CÜMHURIYETI (TURKEY - 1929) | |
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One wrong letter Wrong : OFFICIEL - Correct : OFFICIER. (TOGO - 1997) | |
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One wrong letter Wrong : Bieuvenue - Correct : Bienvenue (TOGO - 1988) | |
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Wrong letter Error in the country name in the local scripture. A corrected stamp was issued. (PAKISTAN - 1961) | |
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Language error Wrong : HALBTHURN - Correct : HALBTURN (AUSTRIA - 1968) | |
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Letter inversion Wrong on one stamp : ANNIVERSAIRO - Correct on the two other stamps : ANNIVERSARIO (GUINEA BISSAU - 1983) | |
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One wrong letter Wrong : HIPPOCANPUS - Correct : HIPPOCAMPUS (BARBADOS - 1965) | |
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Inversion The engraver Cz. Slania has signed all the stamps of this booklet ending with S C. On one of the stamps, however, the C is reversed. (SWEDEN - 1968) | |
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One R too much Country and value in silver colour are almost invisible. Probably the reason why ÖSTERREICH is written ÖSTERRREICH with RRR. (AUSTRIA - 2006) | |
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Error in country name Error in countryname on one of the stamps (ALBANIA - 1985) | |
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Error in name In 1870, the Robert E. Lee won a famed steamboat race against the Natchez, going from St. Louis, Missouri to New Orleans, NATCHEZ is written NATCHES on the stamp. (BHUTAN - 1989) | |
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Missing hyphen Missing hyphen in the name SANTOS-DUMONT (BRAZIL - 1929) | |
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Missing hyphen Missing hyphen between BADEN and POWELL (BRAZIL - 1957) | |
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Gender error Gender error : the local currency should be STOTINKA, not STOTINK. Was corrected (BULGARIA - 1885) | |
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Wrong number China numbers and dates all there stamps. But here the 8F stamp from 1961 should be numbered 228, but instead was given 229 which is the number of the 10F stamp. (CHINA - 1961) | |
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Wrong year China numbers and dates all their stamps. These stampswere neither issued in 1855 or in 1866, but in 1955. (CHINA - 1955) | |
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Error un name Wrong : Cygnus colnmbianus - Correct : Cygnus columbianus (CHINA - 1983) | |
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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. (CHINA - 1988) | |
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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. (CHINA - 1988) | |
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Typing error In the overprint on one stamp, 1874 is written I874. Correct on the other stamp. (COOK ISLANDS - 1965) | |
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Typing error Wrong : GELSENHIRCHEN - Correct : GELSENKIRCHEN (COOK ISLANDS - 1974) | |
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Typing error Wrong : PEAL HARBOR - Correct : PEARL HARBOR. The error was corrected. (MARSHALL - 1991) | |
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Upside down letter Inverted greek letter PHI in formula. (CZECHOSLOVAKIA - 1967) | |
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Wrong letter Thurn UUD Taxis instead of UND. (GERMANY - 1965) | |
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Missing letter Missing letter I in Algeria. (ALGERIA - 2010) | |
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Inversion of letters Wrong : CALVARYMAN - Correct : CAVALRYMAN (LESOTHO - ) | |
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Wrong letter Wrong letter N instead of U in Institut, correct in Pasteur. (FRANCE - 1987) | |
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Wrong letter Wrong : Kunslsammlungen - Correct : Kunstsammlungen (GIBRALTAR - 1983) | |
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Missing dot ? Overprint with or without a dot ? (ICELAND - 1922) | |
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One letter too much Wrong : CHAUSSEUR - Correct : CHASSEUR. (TOGO - 1997) | |
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Addditional letter POSSTES instead of POSTES (AFGHANISTAN - 1979) | |
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Missing letter Wrong : steamlined - Correct : streamlined. (LIBERIA - 1979) | |
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Additionel dot An additional dot gives the L of Malawi an extra artistic touch. (MALAWI - 1969) | |
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One wrong letter Wrong : tlavescens - Correct : flavescens (MONGOLIA - 1973) | |
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One letter too much Wrong : dahuricum - Correct : dauricum (MONGOLIA - 1973) | |
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Flying letter Additional letter M appears on some of these stamps. (ROMANIA - 1957) | |
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Wrong letter Some stamps have a wrong character in Los Angeles. (ROMANIA - 1984) | |
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Lost letter In front of the right wing, a clearly visible ring or letter O. (SOLOMON ISLANDS - 1965) | |
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Wrong letter Wrong : REPUPLIQUE - Corrected in REPUBLIQUE. (MALI - 1978) | |
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Missing letter Wrong : MILLIMES - Correct : MILLIÈMES. (TUNISIA - 1961) | |
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Wrong letter Wrong : Excelris - Correct : Excelsis. (UNITED KINGDOM - 1970) | |
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Missing dots Two missing dots : one on the i in David, the other on the second i in Livingstone. (UNITED KINGDOM - 1973) | |
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Missing letter Initial of the first name of the engraver is missing on on of the stamps. (UNITED KINGDOM - 1985) | |
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Miissing letter Missing D on one stamp of every sheet, correct on the others. (UNITED KINGDOM - 1966) | |
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Inverted letters During a short period of independence, Tibet issued a series of stamps, some of them however featuring POTSAGE insead of POSTAGE. (TIBET - 1912) | |
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With or without dots Depending on the time period this stamp was issued, it can be found with or without umlaut in CÜMHURIYETI (TURKEY - 1929) | |
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With or without dots Depending on the time period this stamp was issued, it can be found with or without umlaut in CÜMHURIYETI . (TURKEY - ) | |
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Double error The abbreviation of Franc is Fand not f. ANd the red and yellow colours have been mixed up in the upper part of the stamp. (FRANCE - 1954) | |
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Additional letter Wrong : ANNIVERSSAIRE - Correct : ANNIVERSAIRE (MONGOLIA - ) | |
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Wrong letter or variety ? Misprint in one of the tabs : DJ instead of DU. (YUGOSLAVIA - 1948) | |
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One wrong letter Wrong : TRAVANOORE - Correct on other stamps : TRAVANCORE. (TRAVANCORE - 1899) | |
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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. (SWEDEN - 1887) | |
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Wrong letter OFFICIAI instead of OFFICIAL in overprint. (UNITED KINGDOM - 1896) | |
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One wrong letter Error in overprint. Wrong : KETAHKOTAAN - Correct : KEMAHKOTAAN. (JOHORE - 1891) | |
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Wrong abbreviation DEZEMBER is not a correct spelling in Swedish, wrong abbreviation DEZ instead of DEC. (SWEDEN - 1992) | |
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Wrong letter Wrong : Map with HAXCIVAN. Was later corrected in NAXCIVAN. (AZERBAIDJAN - 1993) | |
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Wrong letter This is not an Alfa RAMEO, but an Alfa ROMEO (BHUTAN - 1971) | |
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Inverted letter The R of République is inverted. (FRANCE - 1900) | |
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Missing letter Correct citation : Me doctarum hederae praemia frontium - Wrong on stamp : Me doctarum ederae proemia frontium. (ITALY - ) | |
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Additional letter Wrong : Arnniversaire - Correct : Anniversaire. (IRAN - 1956) | |
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Wrong character * instead of - between the figures on the overprint. (SIERRA LEONE - 1963) | |
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Wrong character / instead of - between the figures on the overprint. (SIERRA LEONE - 1963) | |
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Wrong character . instead of - between the figures in the overprint. (SIERRA LEONE - 1963) | |
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Dot in overprint Missing dot or additional dot ? Not clear, but at least one of the overprints is not correct. (GIBRALTAR - 1964) | |
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Not coherent Not coherent : the letter U is represented as a V, as well as an U. (FRANCE - 1923) | |
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Inverted letter Inverted E in overprint - Wrong and correct stamp. (GREECE - 1936) | |
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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). (BELGIUM - 1960) | |
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Missing dot Variety : missing dot on the i of Ekonomisch on some stamps. (BELGIUM - 1976) | |
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Wrong letter The motto in the coat-of-arms is misspelt 'Honi soit uui...' instead of 'qui...' (rather difficult to see as the postmark was just affixed on the wrong letter). (NEW SOUTH WALES - 1888) | |
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Wrong letter JULMAERKER is wrongly spelt JULMAERKEX in old Gothoc letters. (DENMARK - 1978) | |
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Wrong letter POSTKONTOR is wrongly spelt POSTKONTOX in old Gothoc letters. (DENMARK - 1979) | |
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Small letter Small O in ONE on this red overprint. (DOMINICA - 1916) | |
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Wrong letter Postes Afchanes instead of Afghanes. (AFGHANISTAN - 1958) | |
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Wrong letter Inverted Q instead of O ! (UNITED KINGDOM - 1926) | |
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Wrong letter Wrong : siègle - Correct : Siècle (BENIN - 1995) | |
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Missing name Missing name of Evita Peron was added in an new issue. (ARGENTINA - 1952) | |
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Error in name Wrong : Dumarou - Correct : Oumarou. (UPPER VOLTA - 1983) | |
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Error in name Wrong : Kervin - Correct : Kevin. (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - 1985) | |
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One space too much AF GHANISTAN in two words (AFGHANISTAN - 1956) | |
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Error in country name Wrong : Afghanestan - Correct : Afghanistan (AFGHANISTAN - 1938) | |
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Additional letter Wrong : Frannçais - Correct : Français. (GUINEA - 1998) | |
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Wrong letter Stamp showing the Crane-constellation. There is a little mistake in the Greek translation : TERANOS instead of GERANOS. (FRANCE - 2008) | |
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Wrong lettter Wrong : Funeiary - Correct : Funerary. (YEMEN - 1968) | |
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Error in logo Addition line in the letter R of the logo, see other stamp with the correct logo. (MOLDOVA - ) | |
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3 language errors Wrong : L occasion, anneé, refugié - Correct : L'occasion, année, réfugié. (AFGHANISTAN - 1960) | |
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Wrong letter Wrong : loquitud - Correct : loquitur. (SPAIN - 1986) | |
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Missing letter Wrong : PAIS - Correct : PAISA (PAKISTAN - 1968) | |
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Letter inversion Spelling error in postmark : KARCAHI instead of KARACHI. (PAKISTAN - 1989) | |
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Wrong letter Wrong : Operation Overload - Correct : Operation Overlord (TANZANIA - 1994) | |
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Mirror letter Inverted Z in colonization (NEWFOUNDLAND - 1910) | |
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Missing letter Wrong : Générosté - Correct : Générosité. (TOGO - 1970) | |
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Missing letter Missing P in POSITRIVE (JAMAICA - 1998) | |
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Wrong letter Wrong: BAN ARAB GAMES - Correct : PAN ARAB GAMES. (EGYPT - 1997) | |
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Missing letter Wrong : Concord - Correct : Concorde (CAMBODIA - 1986) | |
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Missing accent Missing accent on Montréal (BURUNDI - 1967) | |
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Letter inversion Wrong : Cathredral - Correct : Cathedral. (TURKS AND CAICOS - 1997) | |
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Missing letter Wrong : Tyrell - Correct : Tyrrell. (PARAGUAY - 1978) | |
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Error in name The name of this car in the Disney movie is HERBIE, not HERBY (TANZANIA - 1990) | |
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Inverted letters The Irish word for moon is gealach, not gaelach. (IRELAND - 2019) | |
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Inverted letters The Irish word for moon is gealach, not gaelach. (IRELAND - 2019) | |
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Additional zero Wrong additional zero in figure. (ANGOLA - 1999) | |
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Inverted letters Wrong : Wingacourt - Correct : Wignacourt (MALTA - 2015) | |
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Wrong letter On the strip between 2 stamps : Norfold instead of Norfolk (NORFOLK - 1995) | |
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Additional letters Wrong: Pointe SCHMITH - Correct: Pointe SMITH (FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES - 2008) | |
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Missing trema Missing trema on NOËL (CANADA - 1970) | |
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Inverted leters Wrong: GAURD HOUSE - Correct: GUARD HOUSE (NORFOLK - 2011) | |
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Missing country name As the country name was forgotten, a new corrected stamp was issued soon. (CAPE VERDE - 1999) | |
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Error in name Wrong: ERMEST - Correct: ERNEST (CUBA - 1993) | |
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Missing letter BUTTERFY corrected in BUTTERFLY (almost a complete sheet) (TONGA - 2012) | |
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Mixed up The names of those two dogs were inverted. The error was not corrected. (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA - 2000) | |
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Wrong letter Wrong: WEAK - Correct: WEEK (SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC - 1970) | |
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Inverted letters Wrong: RUOGH - Correct: ROUGH (TURKS AND CAICOS - 2012) | |
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Additional language The translation in Tamil was added on a new stamp (MALAYSIA - 2019) | |
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Mix Inconsistent use of letter types (LAO - 1952) | |
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Inverted letters This is a longhair cat, not a longhiar. (ANGOLA - 1998) | |
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Hyphen Wrong hyphen (SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC - 1980) | |
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Missing country name Issued without country name, was soon corrected (MOLDOVA - 2021) | |
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