Design errors - BRAZIL |
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Missing hyphen in the name SANTOS-DUMONT |
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Sun comes up or goes down in the Nord. |
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Stamp issued in 1934 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of São Paulo . The city however was founded in 1554. |
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IIII instead of IV (Roman 4), and VIIII instead of IX (Roman 9) |
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As Canada also belongs to North America, commemorate the constitution of North America instead of the United States of America is not correct. |
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Many errors in the music of ther National Anthem on the background. The most significant : the clef and sign signatures are missing at the beginning of the second and third line. |
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Inverted portrait of President Truman. |
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The Olympic symbols to commemorate the anniversary of a local soccer team is probably a little bit out of porportion. |
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The medical sigle has only one snake. |
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This is not the correct way to pass the baton between relay runners |
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Unrealistic position for a gymnast in very bad physical condition. |
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Missing hyphen between BADEN and POWELL |
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Strange execution of a highjump, with both feet ahead |
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In shot putting, when throwing with the right hand, it is the right foot that has to be in front. |
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Both Russia and Brazil claimed the victory on the World Basketball competition in 1959. The Russian team were unbeaten, but refused to play against Taiwan in the final. Russia was disqualified and replaced by Brazil, who finally won. |
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The colour of the Esperante star is green as shown on an Austrian stamp, not white. |
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The scientist who discovered the Schistosoma mansoni was not Piraja de Silva, but Theodor Bilharz. |
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Wrong : IN MEMORIAN - Correct : IN MEMORIAM |
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Wrong position of the left big star. |
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A Christmas Santa with the crozier of Santa Claus : a strange mix of two different traditions. |
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When Pelé scored his 1000th goal, he was not playing for the Brazilian team, but for his home team Santos. |
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Gandhi always used a manual spinning wheel moved by hands, not by feed as showed here. |
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Cuba is missing |
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The death of Mary´s 'still to be born' son is already commemorated by the cross above her bed. |
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According to the Bible, Jesus' parents took him to Egypt immediately after his birth. On this stamp they are travelling with a six years old boy. |
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It is against the international rules to put flags of independent countries one above the other on the same pole. |
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Europe and America are much too close |
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Flags pointing in different directions |
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Crab with a missing pair of legs |
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Wrong representation of a rainbow, the colors were inverted. |
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