Too much blue !

Too much blue, a lot too much !

Missing postmark

Missing black colour on one of the booklets, with as consequence a missing postmark on one of the stamps

Missing colours

Missing red and yellow colours.

Shifted colour

Due to the shifted black colour, the goalkeeper seems to have switched his shirt with a field player

Bouncing Queen

The shifted silver colour moves the Queen from the top to the bottom of this stamp.

Ink drop

A drop of white ink in a printing press can have desastrous consequences

Shifting clours

When a large quantity of the same stamp is printed, it is sometimes difficult to keep the same colour balance.

Missing colours

The missing blue colour changes the colours of the sheep from blue to white.

Missing colours

The missing green colour creates new flags for Ireland and Portugal.

Missing colours

Missing country name, due to a missing black colour. On the faulty stamps, it is impossible to determine its origin.

Missing colours

Missing Queen, due to a missing golden colour. As the British stamps do not have to mention the country name, it is impossible to determine the origin of this stamp.

Missing colours

The missing purple colour seems to create a completely meaningless new stamp.

Missing colours

The missing yellow colour seems to create a completely new stamp

Colour shift

Due to a colour shift, België became Belgïe.

Colour shift

Sunlight, chemistry or simply a colour shift while the stamps were printed ? Who knows ?

Colour shift

Sunlight, chemistry or simply a colour shift while the stamps were printed ? Who knows ?

Colour shift

Sunlight, chemistry or simply a colour shift while the stamps were printed ? Who knows ?

Wrong colour

Stamps issued to commemorate the centenary of the first stamp, the BLACK PENNY. This stamp however, was only issued in black !

Moving colors.

Story of the Wolf and the seven Kids. The mother leaves the house wearing a green-striped blouse and a skirt with red crosses and a green pattern. On her return all these colors have changed, and the collar of the youngest Kid has moved from green to blue.

Colour shift

31st Monte Carlo Rally : on some stamps, due to a colour shift, the road between Oslo and Hamburg is marked in black, not in the usual red.

Missing color

Missing black color, and thus missing countryname en value

Missing colour

Missing golden colour makes the difference between a nice useless picture and a stamp.

Summer snow

Due to a colour shift, the roof is covered with snow.

Wrong colour.

The blue colour on the flag from The Netherlands and Luxembourg are slightly different, but not for the designer of this stamp.

Wrong colour

The background colour of this portrait is not green as on the stamp, but light blue.

Missing background

The design in the backgroud has almost completely disappeared.

Two errors

Flags in different and even opposite directions. The red colour stripe on the flag of Great Britain is too long.

Colour shift

Shift of the black colour,

Missing meridian

The central meridian has disappeared due to a colour shift

Snow in spring

Due to a color shift, a thick layer of snow has appeared on the roof of the farm.

Other colours

Same painting, different colours on a stamp from Upper Volta.

White dot

An oval white dot can be seen on the value 6d of some of thise stamps.

Wrong colour

In the arms of Paris, the lilies do not have a white colour, but a gold colour.

Colour shift

Shifted blue colour

Variety

On the last stamp of each sheet the lower center sail is very noticeable blackened.

Mixed colours

Reeproduction of the first 'Skilling stamps' from 1855. In the margins, however, the yellow inscription stands near the green stamp and vice versa.

Wrong color

The AMANITA PANTERINA is grey brown, not olive green.

Issued again

This stamp was withdrawn because the banknote was printed in the wrong colour. Was issued again some years later.

Missing color.

Missing red color.

Color variation

Variation of the red color.

Color variation

Color variation

Wrong color

The Kingfisher should have a greenish blue plumage, not a deep blue. See other stamp.

Too much black

As the black colour was a little bit too dominant, a new corrected stamp was issued with a little less black color.

Colour change

It is not completely clear why the color of the hat became greenblue on the cover.

Missing colours

Missing red and black colours.

Missing colours

Missing green and yellow colours.

Colour shift

The colour of the church wall is different.

Color shift

Color shift or running out of red ?

Colour variation

Colour shift or missing red ?

Colour shift

Colour shift

Colour shift

Colour shift

Wrong value

Coil stamp with incomplete black printing, producing a 5c stamp instead of the common 15c.

Missing ink

ELEKTRONIKE became FIFTRONIKE and even ELFTRONIKE, due to too little red ink.

Colours

Same stamp, different colours.

Missing colours

Missing red and black colours.

Missing colours

Missing yellow and green colours

Very bad stamps

Shifted vertical perforation, if we can still call it a perforation. Same stamp with missing black colour.

Non clever colours

Not such a good idea to design a stamp in black and white colours : an ordinary copy machine is only what you need to make your own stamps.

Shift

Colour shift.

Missing color

Missing green color.

Colour shift

Color shift

Variety

Variety : the black colour is touching the red ball.

Colour shift

Colour shift : the colour of the skin is different on the two stamps.

Colour shift

Colour shift : increased red colour.

Colour shift

Colour shift : from brown to green.

Colour shift

Red colour shift.

Colour shift

A shift in the black colour, and the grip of the torches disappears almost completely.

Colour shift

Due to a colour shift, this robin (red-breast) looks more like an 'orange-breast' !

Color variety

Variety : blue and white leaf in the upper left corner.

Color shift

Color shift.

Colour shift

Colour shift : more and less red.

Colour shift

Colour shift : more and less red.

Missing blue

Unrecognizable airmail cover : with the missing blue colour, the typical blue-white-red border has disappeared, together with the label "PAR AVION"

Missing colour

Missing colour : the crosses in sail, flag and corner were omitted.