Design errors

Motion and Transportation

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Missing wheels. Where are the wheels of this train ? (BELGIAN CONGO - 1948)


Missing piece of rails ! As a piece of the rails is missing, this train will derail in a few seconds… (AUSTRIA - 1948)


Four errors on one stamp ! Probably the stamp with the most errors on it : trains drive left in Italy, steamtrains never crossed the Simplon-tunnel, there is no road at the right side of the tunnel, and coaches pulled by horses were already history at the time the tunnel was built. (ITALY - 1956)


Strange train Not only the engine, but also the carriages of this train are connected to the electric wires. (SOUTH AFRICA - 1973)


Strange wind. The wind blows the smoke and the American flag in opposite directions. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1944)


Wrong power The power cable is not sustended, and will never keep a constant hight. Furthermore the power is taken at 2 places at the same time. (POLAND - 1969)


Missing cable Missing electrical power cable. (ITALY - 1970)


Missing suspension The power cable is not sustained, and will never keep a constant height. (AUSTRIA - 1967)


Missing power No trace at all of the electrical wires necessary to power these trams. (AUSTRALIA - 1956)


Inverted train As can be seen on the picture, this little train pushes the wagons. And as it is more than 100 years old, it always produces a big black smoke ! (AUSTRIA - 1989)


One too much According to the photograph, this aerotrain has seven and not eight propeller blades. (FRANCE - 1970)


Wrong logo The postal logo was never put at the front of a Belgian train. (BELGIUM - 1969)


Wrong number This train has the number 671, but only the trains with numbers between 799 and 873 were in use on the Brennerbahn (AUSTRIA - 1967)


Too narrow The tunnel is far too narrow to allow high speed trains. (SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC - 1960)


Bad copy The handle to switch the points was copied from the pictures, but there are no real points to see on the stamp. (AUSTRIA - 2010)


Two errors The Thalys has only one big front window, and in the logo, the name is placed on the left. (BELGIUM - 1998)


Wrong train Instead of a Canadian train to commemorate the centenary of the Canadian Post, this stamp shows the Albany Express from the Western Railroad Company of Massachusetts. (CANADA - 1951)


Missing wheel The 1846 Zbraslav locomotive has a back wheel of the tender missing. (CZECHOSLOVAKIA - 1956)


Missing wheel A wheel is missing at the back of this locomotive (CZECHOSLOVAKIA - 1956)


Wrong number and date The locomotive featured on this stamp is the number 427 (not 408) of the Österreichchische Staats Eisenbahn Gesellschaft built in 1872. The date 1865 on the stamp refers to the date when production of this class of locomotive started. (CZECHOSLOVAKIA - 1966)


One too much Only one power supply is required, there is no reason why the second one was also connected. (FRANCE - 1937)


Wrong date This loco was built in 1860, not in 1895. (GABON - 1975)


Wrong train This is not the ambulance train that was used between Ukko and Pekka : engine, bumpers, cylinders and wheels are wrong. (FINLAND - 1944)


No power Missing electrical power lines. (SWITZERLAND - 1956)


Wrong loco This locomotive called The Pioneer was built in 1836 by Baldwin Utica & Schenectady Railroad. There has been a confusion with another locomotive also called the Pioneer, built in 1851 by Wilmarth for the Cumberland Valley Railroad.. (HUNGARY - 1979)


Many errors Many errors : lights on the tunnel ceiling instead of on the sides, no intrance to the motorman's compartiment, and ... a diesel loco instead of an electrical one ! (JAPAN - 1962)


Wrong type This loco is not a 231-type, but a 4-6-0 one. (MALI - 1970)


Missing The Prince of Wales n° 12 locomotive had outside cylinders, absent on this stamp. (NEW BRUNSWICK - 1860)


Missing wings This locomotive has aerodynamic wings which are not showed on the stamp. (NIGER - 1975)


Missing lights This locomotive has twp characteristic frontlights that were not represented on the stamp. (NIGER - 1975)


Non suspended The electrical powerline is not suspended. (NIGER - 1975)


Missing wheel At least one additional wheel should be vivible at the right side of the train. (RUSSIA - 1978)


No railways No wonder this camel looks frightened, as in 1936 there existed in fact no railways in that country. (TOUVA - 1936)


Wrong year Wrong date : this train was built in 1825, bot in 1925. (PARAGUAY - 1972)


Error in name Wrong : BLENKINSOPS - Correct : BLENKINSOP. (PARAGUAY - 1972)


Not the first The first Swedish locomotive was not the FRYKSTAD featured on this stamp which was delivered in 1855, but the FÖRSTLINGEN delivered in 1853. (SWEDEN - 1956)


Not the first This is not the first Norwegian locomotive, as suggested on the stamp. (NORWAY - 1947)


Wrong colour This train has never been painted in a green color, only in red with a small horizontal black line. (BENIN - 1997)


Error in name Wrong : MacLead - Correct : MacLeod. (BENIN - 1997)


Useless powerlines. The power lines were not been above the train, but on the side. (ISLE OF MAN - 1995)


Four years later This locomotive was not built in 1840, but in 1844. (POLAND - 1976)


Inversion Inverted view, the steering bar is at the wrong side of this locomotive. (POLAND - 1976)


Wrong type Centennial stamp of 1954 showing an engine with a cab, that was not in use before 1861. (NORWAY - 1954)


Additional wheels The stamp designer added two extra wheels at te rear of this class 151 06-0T engine. (YUGOSLAVIA - 1949)


Bad example Children palying near a railway ? Where are the elementary security rules ? (BELGIUM - 2014)


Wrong side In Belgium trains drive left, thus the signals are at the left side of the rails. There is no reason why the driver looks outside through the right window. (BELGIUM - 1942)


Power lines Interrupted power lines are connected to the train in a strange way (CHINA - )


Missing link The lever of the switch is not connected to the rails. (GUINEA - 1976)


Missing powerlines Missing powerlines on other tracks (AUSTRIA - 2001)


Missing rail The wheels of this train are all on the same rail. (MALDIVES - 1990)


Missing power lines The featured train is a E 03 powered with electricity, on the stamp the power lines are missing. (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC - 1969)


Missing wheel Missing wheel (RUSSIA - 1978)


Three years earlier The first train connection in South America was already inaugurated in 1848 in British Guyana. (CHILE - 1951)


Dangerous A truck is crossing the railway while a train is arriving (LAO - 1962)