Design errors - FRANCE |
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With full sails and no visible crew, so cloge to the border, is at least unusual. |
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Discus throwing without protection fence while runners are passing nearby, a very dangerous situation. |
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The R of République is inverted. |
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Lady in fluttering garments which indicate that she is sowing againts te wind. |
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No visible reins to steer the horses. |
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Not coherent : the letter U is represented as a V, as well as an U. |
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The Pont du GARD has 4 little arches between two pillars, not 3 as designed on the stamp. |
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As the engraver of this stamp had no portrait of Jacques Cartier, he took himself as model for this stamp. |
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You do not need to be a specialist to understand that a plane cannot fly correctly without a tail ! |
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On the stamp the big statue is placed close to the left pillar. A photograph of the monument shows that the statue stands near the right pillar. |
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Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier was born on April 30th 1757, not in 1754. |
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Wrong : conquète - Correct : conquête. |
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Stamp issued to celebrate the 100th anniversary of DESCARTES' book : DISCOURS SUR LA METHODE. Unfortunately the stamp mentioned DISCOURS DE LA METHODE. The wrong stamp was soon withdrawn, and replaced by a correct one. |
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Only one power supply is required, there is no reason why the second one was also connected. |
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Inverted representation on the stamp of the original picture. |
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The caduceus is the staff carried by Hermes 5Mercurius)in Greek mythology. It is a short staff entwined by two serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings. |
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Due to the death of the Queen's mother, the British royal visit to France was postponed, and took place on July 19th 1938 instead of June 28th. |
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The big wheel of this mine was featured in the wrong direction. |
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The Caduceus has two little wings that have been omitted on this stamp. |
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Comparing to the size of the baby, the head of the mother is far too big. |
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The Clémenceau was never completed. He was bombed and destroyed when he was still under construction. |
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The name of this painting is not La Lettre, but L'inspiration favorable. |
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No reins and no harness, so the woman is doing all the work. |
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Wrong : OUTREMER - Correct OUTRE-MER |
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As the colour of the olive branch in the coat of arms of Reims is green, it should have been represented in a dark colour in a black and with representation. |
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The colour of the fleur-de-lys is gold, thus a dark colour should have been chosen. |
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As the colour of the lion and the fleur-de lys is gold, they should have been represented in a dark colour. |
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Jean de Vienne was not the first admiral of France, since this title was created in 1270, this title was given at least at ten people before him. |
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This is not the Duke of Sully who was bald, but is son born in 1583. Furthermore Sully was not born in 1560 but in 1559. |
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The engraver of this stamp was not the non-existing Mazelin, but the famous engraver Gandon, who could not use his real name for political reasons. |
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Only 4 toes at the right foot. |
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Missing harness and reins to stear these horses. |
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Inverted picture of the painting 'Le cachet de cire' by J.B. Chardin. |
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Wrong : Roc-Amadour - Correct : Rocamadour |
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François Villon died around 1463, certainly not in 1498. |
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Charles VII is wearing a decoration that was introduced by his son Louis XI. Compare to the aoriginal painting. |
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Roc-Amadour or Rocamadour ? Both are used, but officially one is correct. |
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Jean de Gerson was born in 1363 and died in 1429 (thus 1362-1428 is wrong) |
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Both street lamps cannot be lit, as the electrical wire has been cut. |
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The two stars were ommitted in this fleur-de lys symbol. |
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It is strange that two left-handed people are shown on the same stamp. The most probable explanation : the original picture was inverted when the stamp was designed. |
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When he died, Leclerc was a five-stars general. And why is the fag missing on the cathedral of Strasbourg, as he had declared that he would not stop fightng before. |
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Compare the haircut on the stamp with that on the picture : it is obvious that on the stamp, the scientist A. Calmette was represented inverted. |
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This temple is located in an area that never belonged to the French-India territory |
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Inverted reproduction comparing with the original portrait in the museum of Versailles |
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When the American flag had 48 stars, they were arranged in six rows of eight stars, and not in eight rows of six stars. |
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This mail bag is much too big, and dragging it over the floor would not be allowed. |
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A French Marchal has seven stars on his uniform. As Marshal de Lattre de Tassigny recieved this title after his death, no picture of him existed with seven stars, so he was featured in his general uniform. |
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General Leclerc had declared that he would not enter Strasbourg again, without the French flag at the top of the cathedral. This was forgotten and afterwards corrected. |
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This stamp shows neither the tour of 1903, neither the tour of 1953 |
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The Légion d'Honneur was created in 1802. The celebration of its 150th anniversary in 1954 thus was two years late. |
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The abbreviation of Franc is Fand not f. ANd the red and yellow colours have been mixed up in the upper part of the stamp. |
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The exact name of this person was not LAVALETTE, but Antoine-Marie Chamans, comte de La Valette. |
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This stamp was said tp show Baccarat cristal, but shows three glasses of the Anmaur collection made at Val Saint Lambert in Belgium |
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The man on the Nautilus' deck is busy taking the altitude of the sun ....in the moon light. |
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This battleship is not La Capricieuse, the stamp was made from a design of another ship, La Galathée. |
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Wrong : LE BON - Correct : LEBON | He invented the illuminating gas from the distillation of wood. Due to the high temperature, this was made in fireclay containers, not in glass. |
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Wrong representation of the border between France and Italy. |
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Wrong : 1793-1959 - Correct : 1793-1857 |
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According to the way the players are dressed, three different teams seem to play against each other. |
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Inverted name of the engraver on the left on this stamp. |
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A man is being X-rayed, with his arms in a wrong position for a correct chest picture. |
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The Mozart featured on this stamp does not resemble to any known portrait of him. |
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Jean BART was born in 1650, not in 1651. |
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The Unesco headquarters have one row additional of balconies comparing to the stamp. |
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The real colours of this Bayeux tapestry are completely different from what is shown on the stamp. |
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Wrong colour of the rocks on which the eagle is standing. |
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Medal of the French Academy : the medal's ribbon us much too long. |
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The Order of Liberation was created on November 16th 1940, not on the 17th. |
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On one side, the curtains are fixed outside the windiow. |
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Wrong : Grand Benard - Correct : Grand Bénare. |
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This is not Jean NICOT, the one who brought tobacco to Europe, but an unknown Dutch merchant, Jean NIQUET. |
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The designer did not made the effort of forgot to represent a big part of the city of Dinan in the Rance Valley. |
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In the arms of Paris, the lilies do not have a white colour, but a gold colour. |
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At the left, the statue of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius at the Capitlole in Rome is shown inversed. |
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This is not Jean-Nicolas CORVISART, but his nephew Louis. |
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Soldiers always carry their rifle on the right shoulder |
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Pope Sylvester II is wearing a modern tiara that was introduced centuries after his death. |
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Although the wind fills the sail, this sailboat remains straight on the water |
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The correct abbreviation of hectare is ha., without capital letter. |
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It is historically proven that Charlemagne was beardless. |
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From a painting of Eugène Charpentier, the battle of Solférino. De soldier watching the scene was moved to fit on the stamp.. |
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There is no hyphen between SAINT and LOUIS. |
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Du Guesclin was not born around 1314, but in 1320. |
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This type of parchute was not yet in use during the Normandy battle |
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General Leclerc had declared that he would not enter Strasbourg again, without the French flag at the top of the cathedral. This was forgotten on this stamp, not on others. |
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The city name VILNO is not correct. The city of Vilnius was called Vina or Wilno. |
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The right wing of this castel should not be visible. See picture taken from the same position. |
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According to the photograph, this aerotrain has seven and not eight propeller blades. |
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On the stamp, Pelletier and Caventou are looking at the formula of Quinine, a medecine against Malaria that they discovered in 1820. But the exact formula of this medicine waas only determined more than 40 years later. |
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Why represent a lefthanded handball player ? Probably because the original picture was inverted on the stamp ? |
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The French National Academy of Medecine was founded in 1820. So this stamp, issued in 1971 to celebrate the 150th anniversary came one year too late. |
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As the Games of 1916, 1940 and 1944 did not take place, The Munich games were the 17th Olympiade, not the 20th. |
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The flag hold by Napoleon at the Arcole battle was not the French tricolore flag, but the flag of the 5th infantry battalion. |
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According to the French law, living humans should not appear on stamps. Apparently an exception was made for the French champion Jacques Anquetil. |
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Louis Pasteur was born in 1822. Why wait till 1973 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birthday ? |
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The Hotel des Invalides was founded in April 1674, not in 1675. |
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Inverted portrait of the sculptor Jean Baptiste CARPEAUX. |
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On the stamp the clock of the famous bell-tower La gros-Horloge in Rouen has two pointers, in reality there is only one. |
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Table tennis player with a very personal style. |
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The first 'Boules de Moulins' came in use in January 1871. The date 1870 is thus errneous. |
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Albrecht Dürer is so famous, why hen translate Albrecht to Albert ? |
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Sailboats with deployed sails close to the border. Futhermore this landing took place in 1779, not 1770. |
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According to the international postal rules, the country name is obligatory on stamps. |
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The palmtree represented in the garden of this castel does not grow in Jarnac. |
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Wrong initials : M.N. - Correct initials are : A.J. (Anne-Jean). |
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The Aconitum pyrenaicum has yellow flovers, contrary to other species of the same family with blue flowers.. |
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Jacques Cartier, who died inn 1557, is smoking a pipe, that was introduced only in 1584. |
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As this scientist was the first to isolate the fluor, a better formula should have been 2HF -> H2 + F2 |
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Wrong letter N instead of U in Institut, correct in Pasteur. |
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In the second row of a few blocs, the name of the engraver FOLON is missing. |
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Valentin Hauy written in Braille |
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The angel on the column at the Place the la Bastille in Paris is looking in the wrong direction. |
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In the text of the Delaration of the Rights, 'devoirs' was erroneously transcripted to 'pouvoirs'. |
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Inverted representation of this accordion |
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Skijump with only one ski was not an Olympic event at the games of Albertville. |
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Fébus is not correct, the correct name is Phoebus or Phébus. |
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Truncated portrait made by Matisse, and used without authorization. The signature of the painter was moved. |
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Wrong illustration of solidarity, as without fixed supports, all the birds will crash. |
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Wrong : DALHIAS - Correct : DAHLIAS |
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This stamp honours the Liberators of France, but forgets the Canadian flag, despite the thousands of Canadese soldiers that partecipated to D-Day. |
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No preliminary cut to force the tree to fall in the correct direction,and in normal circumstances, a tree is never cut wen it has leaves. |
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Those are not French Camargue bulls (with vertical horns) but Spanish bulls with horizontal horns. |
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This reliquary was not represented horrizontally on the stamp |
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The mountain and the church on the background do not exist in reality. |
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This stamp was issued on Dec 12th 1995, and nit in 1996. |
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Mirrored featuring of this church |
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The cigarette was removed from the original picture. |
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The chuch of Domrémy is not located behind the house of Jeanne d'Arc, and has no needle-shaped tower. |
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Wrong landscape : the city of Millau-Aveyron is not located as close to the canyon of Tarn. |
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The current French machine cancellations have fiver lines, not four. |
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There is no reason why Radium is written with a capital letter. |
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Almost all flags on this stamp do not exist, or do not belong to the teals that competed for the Soccer Champioship 1998. |
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According to the big hand on this clock, it is not yet 12 o'clock, but the little one tells us it is already past twelve. |
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Float of the fishing line is pictured upside down. |
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Instead of showing an old washing machine from 1901, the stamp shows a modern one. |
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During the 1968 Grenoble Olympic Games, Jean Claude Killy won his races wearing number 14, not 16. |
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No accents are used for information on creditcards. |
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The direction of thelaser beam is not perpendicular to the eye, and will damage it. |
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The blood circulation in the head and the left leg is interrupted. |
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The digital characters used in clocks and electronic devices, did not yet exist when the first man was launched into space. |
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The designer of this stamp obviously does not know how the bicycle is designed. |
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The map in the background looks real, but does not represent a known location. |
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This is not the Cascade de Doubs but the source de Lison. |
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This is not the Ballon d´Alsace, but ´LeGrand Ballon´ near Guebwiller. |
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Stamp showing the Crane-constellation. There is a little mistake in the Greek translation : TERANOS instead of GERANOS. |
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Wrong : ARTIFICES - Correct : ARTIFICE. See other stamp. |
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The 2 right wheels atr missing. |
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The present Russian part of East Prussia (Königsberg) has disappeared under the water of the Baltic sea. |
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Two errors : missing chains, and on one bicycle the plateau was featured is at the left side instead of right |
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The Landrace-pig has pending ears |
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