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Poor dressed Pope ! At least three errors on this stamp : the shape of the tiara is completely different from the one Pope John XXIII wore, a Pope only wears his tiara with church clothes and .. .look at the cross on the top : the tiara has to be turned by 90 degrees! (MALI - ) | |
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Missing collar The left collar of this jacket is missing. (AUSTRIA - 1960) | |
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Inverted coat Women coats are always buttoned right over left. Or is the women wearing the coat of het husband ? (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC - 1964) | |
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Differents boots ? The spurs on the cats boots have 6 points on some values on this series, but 7 points on other stamps (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC - 1968) | |
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Wrong greeting. Scouts in uniform wearing a hat, greet with their fingers touching their hat, without hat they held the arm upwards. (PHILIPPINES - 1949) | |
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Without gloves ! Collecting rocks on the moon without gloves (GRENADA - 1971) | |
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Wrong uniform According to the colors of his uniform, this piper non belongs to The Duke's of Albany's Own Highlanders, but to the 78th Ross-shire Buffs (ALDERNEY - 1985) | |
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Wrong region Girl from Vorarlberg holding an adorn with the initials IHS (Iesus Hominum Salvator), which are not used in that region. The designer of the stamp admitted that he had mixed up some sketches he once made in Liechtenstein where this adorn is typical. (AUSTRIA - 1948) | |
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Wrong uniform When Pelé scored his 1000th goal, he was not playing for the Brazilian team, but for his home team Santos. (BRAZIL - 1969) | |
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Wrong side The feather is usually situated at the left side of the hat. (BAVARIA - 1911) | |
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Missing ring The pastoral ring is missing on a finger of the right hand. (BELGIUM - 1965) | |
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Different ranks De pilots did not have the same rank, Barberan was captain, Collar was Lieutenant. (CUBA - 1968) | |
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Wrong dress According to the way the players are dressed, three different teams seem to play against each other. (FRANCE - 1956) | |
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Without clothes Nude bricklayer at work. (GERMANY - 1919-20) | |
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Wrong hours The left letterbox shows that it will be lifted between 17 and 20 h. These hours do not correspond to the lifting hours in 1896, when these letterboxes were in use. (GERMANY - 1974) | |
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Wrong type This type of parchute was not yet in use during the Normandy battle (FRANCE - 1969) | |
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Strange Is this a flying nun ? (MONACO - 2012) | |
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Red line There is not a red line on the shorts of the French soccer players (NICARAGUA - 1986) | |
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Missing shoes Barefoot exercice against the rules. (BURUNDI - ) | |
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Wrong clothes The sign the Treaty of Waitangi was reported by an eye-witness who reported that 'Captain Hobson came in civilian clothes, having no time to don more of his uniform than a cocked hat'. On the stamp however, he his featured in full military uniform. (NEW ZEALAND - 1940) | |
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Wrong clothing The sign the Treaty of Waitangi was reported by an eye-witness who reported that 'Captain Hobson came in civilian clothes, having no time to don more of his uniform than a cocked hat'. On the stamp however, he his featured in full military uniform ... without hat. (NEW ZEALAND - 1974) | |
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Strange game One of the field players is wearing white gloves on both hands, and the catcher is partecipating to the game with his protection mask. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1992) | |
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Angel or woman ? The angel Michael looks more like a flying woman in dark clothes than like an angel. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1965) | |
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Not historical The horns on the Viking's helm are a modern artist imagination, they never existed in reality. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1982) | |
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Not historical The horns on the Viking's helm are a modern artist imagination, they never existed in reality. (SWEDEN - 1983) | |
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Missing stud On one of the shoes, a stud is missing. (SWEDEN - 1958) | |
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Wrong outfit In soccer, the goalkeeper and the fieldplayers have always a different outfit. (WESTERN SAHARA - 1998) | |
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No advertising At the European soccer championships, the teams wear country-shirts without advertising. (NICARAGUA - 1988) | |
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Mixed traditions A Christmas Santa with the crozier of Santa Claus : a strange mix of two different traditions. (BRAZIL - 1968) | |
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Wrong clothing Wrong representation of the olympic rings - female volleyball players do not wear skirts (YUGOSLAVIA - 1952) | |
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Wrong clothes Ski competition in the winter in summer clothes (CZECHOSLOVAKIA - 1970) | |
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Strange outfit Identical outfit and missing shoes for all runners (CYPRUS - 1968) | |
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Magic hat How can this hat remain on the head of the pilot, without being blown away by the wind (ROMANIA - 1989) | |
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