Design errors - FINLAND


1856

Many errors : seven starts insteas of nne flowers, only two legs and not three on a scimitar and not a sword, open mouth with visible tongue, no splitted tail, and a protection around the right arm.		  

1929

The aerials were omitted on the stamp.		  

1930

Trees with leaves are not cut 		 

1938

Alpine skiing was not a competition at the International Skimeeting in Lahti, Finland.		  

1941

A dot is missing after the third note.		  

1944

This is not the ambulance train that was used between Ukko and Pekka : engine, bumpers, cylinders and wheels are wrong.		  

1946

Seagulls do not fly in the night !		  

1949

The smoke of the boat and from the chimney are going in opposite directions		  

1952

These two players wear the same outfit and should belong to the same team. So there is no reason why they are fighting for the ball.		  

1956

The return of the Porkkala territories from Rusland took place on January 26th 1956, not in 1955		  

1963

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.		  

1979

The clock on the Turku-Abo tower has only one hand.		  

1985

Wrong on the FDC : LITTERATUR - Correct on the postmark and stamp : LITERATUR		  

1988

The brand of the skis is visible, and this is against the rule that no publicity is allowed on stamps.		  

1990

Commemoration of KOLEMAINEN winning the 5.000m race at the Olympic games in Stockholm. His victory was not so easy as shown on the stamp : the Frenchman J. BOUVIN seemed to be in the lead, and lost only in the last meters.