Design errors - AITUTAKI |
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The Cocoanut palm tree featured on this stamp does not grow on the Cook Islands, but in Tahiti more than 800 km away. |
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Stamp issued to commemorate the discovery of the Cook Islands by Captail Cook. But Captain Cook was not welcomed by the inhabitants and had to run away. |
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Wrong : Phalium Strigatum - Correct : Phalium Bandatum |
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Wrong : Oliva SERICEA - Correct : Oliva MINIACEA |
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Wrong : Tritonalia Rubeta - Correct : Bursa Bubo var. zissostoma |
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The American and Russian flag are much too long. |
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This painting shows the Adoration of the Shepards, not of the Magi. |
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Edmond HALLEY was never knighted. Furthermore, after the title of Sir, the first name of a person is never abbreviated. |
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Wrong : Durer and Melencolia - Correct : Dürer and Melancholia |
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Wrong overprint : GRIFFTH instead of GRIFFITH. |
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