Folded stamp during printing.

As the paper was folded when this stamp was overprinted, the red overprint partially appears on the gummed side of the stamp.

PNNEY instead of PENNY.

PNNEY instead of PENNY in the overprint on the right stamp.

Wrong country name

Wrong overprint BABRUDA was corrected into BARBUDA

Wrong country name

Wrong overprint : LSEOTHO instead of LESOTHO

Wrong value.

The postal rates increased from 4T to 5T when this stamp was printed. Some stamps with the wrong value however came into circulation.

Wrong date

This conference, foreseen in 1971, took place in 1972. The stamps with a red 1971 overprint were withdrawn and replaced by stamps with a red 1972 overprint. However some stamps escaped their destruction

Wrong name

In the overprint the name of princess Alexandra was first misspelt Alexandria

Two overprints

Two overprints : the first one to change the value of the stamp to 5 Cents, the second one to One. Cents still appears in the plural.

Double overprint

Double overprint on hungarian stamp

Missing letter

Missing letter R of République in the overprint

Inverted overprint

Inverted overprint : the old value of the stamp is still visible.

Inverted overprint

Inverted overprint

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)

BABRUDA

One of the stamps shows the overprint BABRUDA instead if BARBUDA

Wrong overprint

Wrong : Edhingburgh - Correct : Edinburgh

Overprint shift

Left shift of the overprint

Inverted overprint

Inverted overprint CONGO.

Error in name

Wrong : TOMANEN - Correct name of the winner is Jouko TÖRMÄNEN

Keep it cheap

An overprint every two stamps to face a tariff change, not an common solution.

Typing error

In the overprint on one stamp, 1874 is written I874. Correct on the other stamp.

Hidden error

33th anniversary instead of 46th. The error was detected and the wrong figure hidden by a golden strip.

Missing dot ?

Overprint with or without a dot ?

Wrong birthyear

Overprint Hammarskjoeld 1904-1961. His correct name is Hammarsköld and he was born in 1905

Bad place

Bad location for an overprint that is almost not visible.

Wrong date

Stamp issued in 1923 for the inauguration of the Postal Air Services. The lanch was however postponed until the following year. Meanwhile there had been a change in currency : the surcharge conviently covered most of the wrong date.

Missing letter

Wrong overprint : GRIFFTH instead of GRIFFITH.

Inverted overprint

Private issue celebrating the end of World War II. Inverted overprint and corrected stamps.

Double overprint

Double overprint

Overprint shift

Chain stamp with misplaced overprint, half on the stamp, half on the horizontal tab.

Inverted overprint

Stamp with inverted and correct 'Red Cross' overprint.

Wrong letter

OFFICIAI instead of OFFICIAL in overprint.

Error in overprint

Wrong abbreviation in overprint : ANV instead of ANNIV.

Missing 5

Omitted 5 in the overprint.

M or m ?

According to the German spelling rules, the M of 'Mark' should be capitalized. This was corrected on later issues.

Capita letter

According to the German spelling rules, the P of 'Pfennig' should be capitalized. This was corrected on later issues.

One wrong letter

Error in overprint. Wrong : KETAHKOTAAN - Correct : KEMAHKOTAAN.

Missing value

Missing 4c in the overprint of one stamp of every sheet.

Wrong value

The intended overprint was '.35' . On one stamp of every sheet appears aa wrong overprint '.33' .

Mixed letters

Pre-cancel error : OIHO instead of OHIO.

Second overprint

U.S. Postal card with a second inverted 1 CENT overprint in the left low corner.

Upside down

Inverted overprint

Upside down

Inverted overprint

Missing plane

The little plane is missing in the overprint of one of the stamps.

Inverted

Inverted overprints.

Inversion

Inverted overprint.

Wrong character

* instead of - between the figures on the overprint.

Wrong character

/ instead of - between the figures on the overprint.

Wrong character

. instead of - between the figures in the overprint.

Wrong figure

Overprint in local writing first showed a 2, and was afterwards corrected in a 4.

Dot in overprint

Missing dot or additional dot ? Not clear, but at least one of the overprints is not correct.

Inverted letter

Inverted E in overprint - Wrong and correct stamp.

Overprint

Double overprint

Overprint

Double overprint

Overprint

Inverted overprint.

Overprint

Stamp with inverted overprint.

Wrong side

Overprint of a Pétain-stamp with a Lothringer cross. The lower bar however is on the right side, not on the left.

Wrong side

Stamp with and without offset on the gummed side.

Inverted overprint

Stamp of the Österreiches Feldpost with inverted and correct overprint.

Wrong star

Various Turkish stamps were overprinted with a six-pointed Christian star instead of the five-pointed islam star. This was corrected in later overprints.

Upside down overprint

A change from 2F40 to 2F50 by an overprint seemed not successful, due to an inversion of this overprint.

Inverted overprint

The overprint had to hide the old facial value ... but was printed inverted on the stamp.

Inverted overprint

Fiscal stamp with inverted overprint.

Small letter

Small O in ONE on this red overprint.

Not valid

Stamps marked 'SPECIMEN' are not valid for postal use, but were accepted here on a registered mail.

Wrong overprint

Sheets were overprinted to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Prince Charles. On some sheets, the overprint is 1948-1948 instead of 1948-1988.

Wrong value

Sheetlet of 7 stamps, incorrectly surcharged $1.60 instead of $1.50.

Lack of imagination

What a lack of imagination : emphazise the destruction of the city of Agadir by an earthquake with a red cross overprint on an existing stamp.

Wrong city

A first stamp showed (see right side) Istanbul instead of Ankara as the location for this international meeting. The error was corrected by an overprint.

Mixed up

Dances were mixed up between two stamps : Dance KANTERE and Dance des POANS. A corrected stamp was issued.

Mixed up

Dances were mixed up between two stamps : Dance KANTERE and Dance des POANS. A corrected stamp was issued.

Wrong colour

Those stamps were ordered with a red overprint, but delivered with a black one. Most of the stamps were destroyed.

Upside down

One of these overprints was put upside down, up to you to decide whitch one.

Upside down

One of these overprints was put upside down.

Correction by overprint

This stamp was already printed when the Brexit-date was postponed. The problem was solved by an overprint.

Wrong cut

Wrong: CHRIS - TMAS Correct: CHRIST-MAS

Wrong anniversary

Stamp issued in 1960 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the death of native poet Ma'ruf al Rusafi. First issued with a wrong date (1959), was corrected afterwards.