Design errors - SPAIN |
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First one or two rejones de castigo ('lances of punishment') are stabbed into the bull's neck, before the rejoneador places up to six banderillas. |
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One PTS (PESETAS) in an incorrect plural - should have been One PTA (see other stamp) |
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2Cts is of course correct, but 1Cts should have been 1Ct. |
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When Colombus arrived in America, he was not accompanied by a priest ! |
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Inverted head |
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The first flight over the Rio de la Plata took place in 1912, not in 1913 |
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The country name is El Salvador, not San Salvador. |
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The message 'Radio Vivo' is inverted on the banner. |
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The island of Madagascar was forgotten. |
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Inverted representation on the stamp, comparing to the original portrait. |
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Why choose a descending curve to illustrate a stamp commemorating the Spanish Bureau of Statistics ? |
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Inverted painting from Goya on a Spanish stamp. Loof at the Dubai stamp with the correct portrait … and the correct colours. |
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The correct name of the painter is LE BRUN in two words, not LEBRUN. |
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Those pilars are not located in front of the central building, but at the entrance of the Escorial Memorial. |
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A whale cannot float on water |
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El Greco's Holy Trinity has been reduced to a duo, as the dove, representing the Holy Ghost was omitted on the stamp. |
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Such a book was not in use when Jesus lived. |
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No accents are used in the written Latin language. |
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The horses are not connected to the carriage. |
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No portrait was ever made of Francisco DE ORELLANA. We only know that he had lost one eye. |
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Wrong colors on the shield og Tarragona : blue instead of red, and silver instead of gold. |
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Inverted representation of the original painting. Correct on a stamp from Peru. |
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Trained oxes to pull the plow synchroneously ? |
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Bobsleigh with three people was not a competition at the Grenoble Winter Olympics. |
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In this 'flaming sun' the number of threads are supposed to match the number of coutries in CEPT, 24 at the time the common issue of this stamp was conceived, but before the stamp was issued Jugoslavia and Malta also joined, so there should have been 26 threads (France and Andorra got it right). |
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Wrong : EXTRAJEROS - Correct : EXTRANJEROS |
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What a bad technique, certainly not a winners jump ! |
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These boxers would have been disqualified at the Olympic Games, as protection vests are obligatory for amateur boxing events |
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This stamp of 1976 commemorates the 200th anniversary of the American Constitution, which was not signed until September 17th 1787. |
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The Judo worldchampionship, foreseen in September 1977 in Barcelona, was cancelled for political reasons. |
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This is not the ACTINIA EQUINA, but the ANEMONIA SULCATA. Correct on the stamp from Monaco. |
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Planes without engines |
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As the front of one of the skis is curved, one could expect that the other one should be curved too. |
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Wrong : loquitud - Correct : loquitur. |
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Wrong representation of the Olympic rings |
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The part of earth illuminated by the sun is dark |
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The colours of this rainbow have nothing in common with a real one. |
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The designers of this stamp used without permission a photo from a professional photographer, who complained about it. |
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This stamp features the cathedral of Burgos instead of Léon |
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The medical crew should know that their mask has to cover the nose |
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Thumb at the wrond side of the hand |
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