Design errors - CANADA |
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A drama in the woods : the falling tree will probably hit the unknowingly forester, and his friend does not seem to care about it. |
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The real Superman has a big red S covering a most of his chest. |
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This angels with only one wing will not fly easily, and the plane without rudders will not fly at all. |
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This representation of an heart is used to express love, not for health or medicine. |
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Some of the territories coloured in red did not belong to the British Empire. |
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A portrait of Samuel de Champlain do not exist. This stamp is based on a portrait of the banker Michel Particelli d’Émery engraved by Balthazar Moncornet in 1654. |
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On the stamp issued in 1917, 12 Fathers of the Confederation were omitted. When the stamp was reissued 10 years later, the missing Fathers were added ! |
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Wilfred LAURIER was chosen to illustrate a stamp commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Confederation. Even if he became Prime Minister, at the time of the Confederation he was a journalist strongly opposed to it. |
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Fishery race between the Bluenose and the Columbia. As there was no illlustration available for the Columbia, the Bluenose stood model for the 2 vessels. And the winner had n° 1 in his sails, not 2. |
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The Niagara falls, on a Canadian stamp, shows … the American side of the falls ! |
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The shadow in the arch is inconsistent with the dark frontside, and thus with the sun shining from left. |
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Against the rule that only Heads of States appear on stamps while they are living : this stamp shows 3 living pilots by the time it was issued. |
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The farmer will be tired at the end of the day as he steps on the weak ploughed soil, instead of the horses. |
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EXPRÊS was corrected in EXPRÈS. |
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Only four fingers at the right hand |
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Bell was the inventor of the telephone, but some people found out that the poles in the background are not telephone, but telegraph poles. |
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The name of this ship was MATHEW or MATHEWE, she was never called MATTHEW. |
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The size of the beaver's skins that are drying is too big comparing to the man's length. |
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Instead of a Canadian train to commemorate the centenary of the Canadian Post, this stamp shows the Albany Express from the Western Railroad Company of Massachusetts. |
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After the title SIR the complete firstname of a person is always used. |
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Wheat is associated with the province of Alberta, and oil is associated with Saskatchewan. The two provinces were inverted. |
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Hidden year anbd initials, azs it happens opten in Canadese stamps. |
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Year of issue and initials hidden somewhere in the stamp, as happens on many Canadian stamps. |
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The map showed on this stamp is larger than the one designed by Thompson, when he discovered those territories. |
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There are no seats in a canoé, the occcupants are seated on the bottom. |
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The model for this stamp, issued to commemorate the Nurse association was not a nurse, but a dactylo |
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The construction of the Canadian deltaplane 'Avro Arrow' was abandoned some weeks before this stamp was issued. |
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The leaves of an marple tree are never attached by three. |
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Natural resources of Canada : the fish however are sharks (see their tails) which are far to be natural resources, but more a destructive nuisance. Hidden date and initial. |
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Wrong birthday : not 1861 but 1862. |
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A fleur-de-lys is missing in the arms of coat of Quebec. |
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The strings of this violin do not stop at the tenders, but continue till the top. |
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As one of the ropes is not fixed correctly, this box will soon fall. |
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The celebration of the 200th anniversary of this postal service in 1963 is not correct as it started in fact in 1693 and was officially recognised in 1705. |
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The leaves of a maple tree grow two by two. You will not find three leaves growing from the same point. |
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Antartica was forgotten |
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Clock on the Parliament tower of Ottawa : IV on the stamp is in fact IIII, VIII only shows VII, and on the real clock the numbers point to the centre. |
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Wrong representation of the Hudson Bay. Compare with the map. |
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Year of issue was hidden in the immatriculation plate of the car. |
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The shape of the Hudson Bay is not correct (see other stamp). And there is no red line around the white part of the Canadian flag. |
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In curling, the disk has a diameter of 30cm, the same size as the white centre stip in the red circle. |
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As no portrait existed of the explorer Henri Kelsey, the engraver of this stamp took himself as model. |
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Wrong : NOEL - Correct : NOËL. Same error on all the stamps of this series. |
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Missing trema on NOËL |
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It is strange to see a Valentine's heart associated with love on a stamp issued to promote the medical treatment of heart diseases. |
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The Scottish settlers could not carry the Royal Banner at their arrival in Canada, as this flag was only allowed to accompagny the king himself. |
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Wrong letter : c instead of ç. |
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The initials of Georg Arthur French are G.A , not GA. |
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Year of issue and copyright hidden in the right bottom of the stamp, as happens in many Canadian stamps. |
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An Olympiade is a four-year period between two Olympic Games. Why not simply use : The 18th Olympic Games of Montreal ? |
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Eskimos call themselves INUIT : THE PEOPLE (Singular : INUK) - So the plural INUITS has no sense (see also correct stamp). |
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Copyright sign and date hidden in the registration plate of a car. |
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The smoke and the flags are pushed by the wind in opposite directions |
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The green earth lies on top, this plane is flying upside down… Not a common view for a stamp, as the only place where you can see such a view, is from another plane, also flying upside down ! |
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Wrong : Self portrait - Correct : Self-portrait |
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The car is parked or is driving at the wrong side of the street. |
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The streetlamp reaches the third plane of the house. |
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According to the flag the wind is stromg, but the flames of the fire do not feel the wind.and flames seem not to |
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Antartica was omitted |
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Visible on the stamp is the face of the publisher of 'La presse'. When the stamp is put upside down, the face of a monkey appears. |
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The names of the Canadian Provinces were inverted on those stamps (North West Territories and Yukon) |
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The disposition of the conductor and the different instruments is completely oout of sense. |
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Wrong : Cains Island - Correct : Cain's Island |
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The first Canadian steamer, built by J. Molson, was also equipped with two masts. |
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This handsamp was used for the first time on October 22nd 1986, thus the date of the stamp is not possible. |
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This Boeing 767 was depicted without engines |
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The shape of the cup featured on this stamp is not the current one as can be seen on a photograph. |
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A snow cristal has six branches, not five. |
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Inversion between East and West on this compass |
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Two attached stamps, on the right one however, the inscription Postes-Postage has been forgotten. |
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Wrong : AUNE - Correct : FAUNE |
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Bear with hidden 8 in leg, date in grass, and sky and grass color is made out of little bears. |
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Depending of how you look at the stamp, you will see 1999 or 2000. |
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Only seven lanes |
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This is not a picture of Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park, but from the Drumheller Park. A corrected stamp was issued. |
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