Opposite flags

Flags in opposite direction !

Unmanned boat !

An unmanned boat with sail in the wind seemed a little bit too dangerous. So the stamp was redesigned, this time with a sailor in the boat

Wrong ship

By mistake, the S.Y. THE MORNING was pictured on this stamp instead of the S.Y. NIMROD. A new stamp was issued, with the same name, but this time with the correct ship.

Dangerous ship

The merchant ship S.S. Rodina is pictured in open sea, with its derricks still up. They should of course have been lowered and lashed before leaving the harbour.

Dangerous boat

Rowing boat in turbulent water, without oars !

Uncertain wind

The wind blows the sails of those ships in different, and even opposite directions

Uncertain wind

The wind blows the sails and the flags in opposite directions

Anchored ship

Sailing ship under full sail, whilst at anchor

Against the rules

According to the international rules, ships may only hoist a flag at the front when they are anchored in a harbor.

Magic ship

How could this ship pass the bridge, as the ship pipe is much taller than the bridge ?

Wrong registration

The H37 does not exist in Lundy. Another stamp, depicting the same ship, shows its correct registration number : H57

Strange wind.

The wind blows the sails in diffferent directions.

Strange wind.

Flags and sails are blown by the wind in different directions.

Not fixed sails.

The sails are not fixed to the mast of this sailboat.

Inefficient wind

Although the wind fills the sail, this sailboat remains straight on the water

Strange wind.

The wind blows the sails in diffferent directions.

Sailship in storm.

During a storm (look at the waves), the big sails of a ship are never hoisted.

Big ship

Why did Colombus trip to America take weeks, as his ship covers the whole distance between the two continents.

Opposite winds

Sail and flag are blown by the wind in different directions

Wrong name

A pennant on Fultons steamboat on the Hudson river gives it the name of CLERMONT. In fact it was simply registered as North River Steamboat of Claremont, and had no name.

Incorrect number

Stamp featuring the aircraft carrier FORRESTAL with deck number 88, which is not correct.

Wrong design

The Dorchester sunk with the stem first, not with the stern as depicted on this commemorative stamp.

Interesting detail

Stamp featuring the US Fregate OLD IRONSIDES. A careful inspection reveals that the 2 flanking canons bear the British Royal Cypher GR

Wrong side !

Stamp picturing the Destroyer Reuben James sunk by a German submarine … seen from a periscope which experts say never was on a German submarine, but belongs to an Allied ship !

Fantome ship.

Ship navigating under full sail, but no crew is visible !

Wrong representation

When the ship of T. Heyerdahl arrived at Barbados, it was highly damaged, and the central mast and sail had disappeared

Forgotten mast

This huge sail is not sustained by a mast.

Incertain wind.

Wind blows the sails and the flag in different directions.

Opposite directions.

Flags in opposite direction.

Not fixed sails.

The sail is not correctly attached. The stamp was slightly redesigned.

Big trouble

This ship is about to run in serious trouble : the bow wave shows that she is proceeding upstream to enter the lock, but the door is still closed and the water level in the lock is still high.

Wrong name

The lake steamer CHAUNCY MAPLES had his name wrongly spelled as CHAUNCEY MAPLES. The name however was given correctly on a sheet

Steerless.

The design of this stamp was slightly adapted, as in the first design, nobody was streering the boat.

Impossible shield.

A viking ship protected by shields on see ? Impossible for the rowers to do their job.

Missing detail.

The whale that is about to be harponed, has a good chance of getting away, as there is no rope attatched to the harpoon.

Wrong direction

The wind in the sails goes in the opposite direction of the smoke from the chimney

Sun at night

The man on the Nautilus' deck is busy taking the altitude of the sun ....in the moon light.

Full speed

Ship 'Constitutionen' is navigating at full speed inside Arendal harbour. At this speed, she will not be able to stop in time and will crash into the quay.

Wrong direction

The position of the fishing lines shows that the boat is moving backwards.

Wrong name

Wrong : HANNA - Correct : HANNAH

Wrong denomination

The PS Canberra and the PS Murray River Queen are not steamships, but equipped with diesel engines.

High speed

A jetfoil cannot reach high speeds near the coastline, and thus cannot plane above the water surface.

Different winds

Sails and flags are not flying in the same direction.

Dangerous position

There are no seats in a canoé, the occcupants are seated on the bottom.

Missing flag

The Chilean flag was forgotten on this stamp. This was corrected bu the issue of a new stamp with another value.

Missing rope

The most important rope to maintain the sails is missing.

Missing rope

The most important rope to maintain the sails is missing. Correct on the other stamp.

Missing rope

The most important rope to maintain the sails is missing. Correct on the other stamp.

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.

Twin ships

Fishery race between the Bluenose and the Columbia. As there was no illlustration available for the Columbia, the Bluenose stood model for the 2 vessels. And the winner had n° 1 in his sails, not 2.

Wrong name

The name of this ship was MATHEW or MATHEWE, she was never called MATTHEW.

Wrong name

The exact name of this ship is HMS IMPERIEUSE, not HMS IMPERIOUS.

For decoration

Titanic with four smoking funnels, anly three were in use, the foutrh one was fake.

Wrong type of ship

The 90-gun warship shown on a stamp issued in 1951 to mark the 250th anniversary of the Naval Officers' College is out of place, as Danmark had no such warships in 1701.

Wrong ship

In the catalogues this stamp is described as 'Cruiser Ingolf'. This is not correct. as the real Ingolf can be seen on a stamp from 1909.

Opposite directions

The flag and sails are pushed by the wind in opposite directions.

Wrong représentation

Stamp showing the ship Admiral Graf Spee during the second war. However the ship is featured as it was before being rebuilt in 1939 (the searchlights were removed).

Very slow

This canoe is supposed to come forward in the picture, but this is not visible on the water.

Never completed

The Clémenceau was never completed. He was bombed and destroyed when he was still under construction.

Wrong ship

This battleship is not La Capricieuse, the stamp was made from a design of another ship, La Galathée.

Six or seven ?

The Kaizer's yacht, the Hohenzollern, with seven davits for three lifeboats on the small design, but correcty six on the larger stamp of the same series.

Inverted sign

The seeman is signalling a letter that cannot be found in the flagbooks. In mirror however, it suddently stands for a I or 9.

Missing parts

The aerials were omitted on the stamp.

Wrong ship

This Hessund bridge is connectiong two islands. The boat featured on the stamp is the M/S Roine, whitch never operated at sea, only on lakes.

Two différences

The owner's flag was not triangular but had a square shape. And a white line was painted all along the ship.

Not the same

The H.M.S. Royalist had only five, and not eight gunports at each side, and a low almost invisible funnel.

Missing crew

With full sails in open sea, without crew !

Impossible

The Vikings could not have sailed with their shields hanging outside, they would have fallen off or hindered the rowing. Correct on other stamp.

Opposite directions

The wind blows the sails and the flag in opposite directions.

Dangerous landing

Sailboats with deployed sails close to the border. Futhermore this landing took place in 1779, not 1770.

Never fired

The Swedish ship VASA only sailed for a few minutes before it capsized and sunk. Thus never was her cannons fired.

Same name

The 'Fairlie' who wrecked in 1840 was a small sailing boat. The Fairlie featured on the stamp howver is a 765-ton bark which was still in use in 1865, with the same name.

Floating wheels

The wheels of this amphibious vehicle should have been pictured at least partially covered by water.

Wrong ship

The ship that installed the undersee cable between Portugal and England was not the featured Great Eastern, but the Hibernia.

Big smoke

The Pilsudski do not emit such a big smoke, which will not allow the passengers to stay in open air.

Only one

The 'Fin-Dinghy' is a little sailboat for only one people, not two as showed on the stamp.

Wrong ship

This is not the Van Riebeeck's ship the Dromaderis, but a Dutch ship of a much later date. Shio with full sails, but surrounded by boats.

Moving but connected

Sailing ship alongside the shore, with full sails, to which a gangplank is extended.

Wrong type

The bark Grapeshot is wrongly called a schooner. Schooners do njot have squaerigged sails.

Missing crew

Sailing ship with deployed sails, without any visible crew.

Without crew

Sailing ship with deployed sails, without any visible crew.

Too much smoke

The Dominion Monarch had one false funnel, on the stamp however, smoke is coming out of both.

Wrong side

The rugboat going upstream on the Rhine is breaking the regulations by being on the left side instead of the right of the river.

Wrong skyline

Lower Manhattan skyline appears to have been put onto Staten Island : de designer of the stamp took a postcard showing the arrival of the Kronprinz Wilhelm on her maiden voyage 23rd Feb 1902, and added wrongly the Manhattan skyline.

Opposite directions

The flag points in the opposite direction of the smoke of the steamship.

Wrong location

This is not the representation of a lock on the Ohio River, but was taken from a photo of 1920 which showw the Carneige Steel Company's sternwheeler, H.D. Williams in a lock on the Monongahela River.

Strange

With full sails and no visible crew, so cloge to the border, is at least unusual.

Not the first

The first ship crossing the Atlantic entirely under steam was the Royal William in 1833. The Savannah had also sails, and in fact steamed for only eight hours.

Anachronism

Commemoration of the landing of the immigrants in 1840 from the barques Tory and Cuba, and the ship Aurora. The ships are illustrated with double topsails, which did not come into use until 1855.

Wrong ship, wrong year

Stamp showing the Koenigsberg at Aldabra in 1915. However the ship that was portrayed is in fact the Koenigsberg II, and the date should have been 1914, not 1915.

Additional mast

The British settlers arrived in Natal on the two masted ship, the WANDERER. On the stamp a third mast was added.

Better knot.

As this was not a proferssional way to attach a boat, a new stamp was issued, but this time the boat was attached with a good fisherman's knot

Complicated winds

There is no coordination between the wind in the sails and in the flags.

Dangerous

Quite a dangerous position : standing in a boat while passing rapids !

Still sailing

Ship still sailing with full sails, too close to the shore. How could a part of the crew haver left the boat ?

Mixed up

The names on the ships were mixed up : the Zuiderman is the Star Princess, and the Star Princess is the Zuiderman.

Opposite winds

Flag and sails in opposite directions.

Opposite directions

Sails and flags in opposite directions

Strange winds

The sails and the flags are driven by contrary winds.

Missing crew

Ship navigating under full sail, but no crew is visible !

Wrong ship

According to Samoan press release, this USS Swan served in Samoan waters during World War II. The stamp however shows a ship built in 1947 with the same name.

Opposite directions

The wind pushes flags and sails in opposite directions.

Opposite directions

The wind pushes flags and sails in opposite directions.

Wrong direction

As this ship is sailing, the smoke cannot leave the funnel as faetured on the stamp. See painting of this ship with a more correct representation.

Contrary winds

Sails and flags are not flying in the same direction. Correct on ohter stamp od this series.

Wrong direction

Wrong direcrion of ssmoke comparing to the sails.

One too much

The Nina, as the two other ships of Columbus, had only two masts.

Missing crew

Ship in open sea without crew.

Missing crew

Ship in open sea without crew.

Missing crew

Ship in open sea without crew.

Missing crew

Ship with full sails in open sea without crew.

Different winds

Sails are pushed by the wind in different directions.

Strange winds

Sails and flags are not flying in the same direction.

Different winds

Sails and flags are pushed by the wind in didderent directions.

Contrary winds

Sails and flags are not flying in the same direction.

Contrary winds

Sails and flag are pushed by the wind in different directions

Missing crew

Sailboats with full sails and in open see without visible crew.

Too close

These big ships are much too close to the beach.

Opposite directions

Flag and sails are pushed by the wind in opposite directions.

Dangerous

The boats are still on the sand, while the sails are already deployed in the wind.

Wrong colours

The colors of this ship from the Greek Chandris lines are not correct.

Missing flag

On one of the stamps, the flag that must flying at the sterm of a ship in open water, was forgotten.

Missing lasts

The first Canadian steamer, built by J. Molson, was also equipped with two masts.

Opposite directions

The smoke and the flags are pushed by the wind in opposite directions

Schip aan anker, met volle zeilen.

Anchored ship with full sails,

Additional mast

The Nina, used by Columbus for his discovering trip to America had only two masts.

Missing crew

Ship in open sea without crew.

Missing crew

Ship in open sea without crew.

Wrong ship

FDC commemorating a Danubian Basin conference : the old ship showed in the postmark was never in use on the Danube river.

Strange decision

The flag is flying in strong wind, but the sailors are not sailing, ... they row !

Unattended boats

Those unattended boats are not fixed, and will drift away at the slightest wave.

Dangerous situation

Ship under full sail much too close to the border and other ships.

Wrong fixing

Ship with rwo mast not fixed in line

Wrong canal

The Suez canal has no locks ! This stamp represents a lock on the Panama canal.

Full sails

The passengers are leaving a sailboat with full deployed sails.

Missing shadow

The shadow of one of the crew members is missing

Missing crew

On open water, without crew

Opposite wind

Flag and sails are pointing in opposite directions

Too close

Ship with full sails close too the border

Lonely

One one crew member on this ship is far too less

Missing crew

Where is the crew ?

Not in use

Only three chimneys of the Titanic were in use. The fourth one was only for decoration