1.10. VARIOUS CRAZY ERRORS

     

 

Stamp issued by Cameroun in 1973

 

The shadow of the tree points right .... in the direction of the sun !

   

Cancellation used in Denmark in 1984

Sharpen that good old pencil you still have sowewhere in your house, and look at the result : surely not as wrongly is shown on the Danish postmark, probably very close to what is shown on the correct Dutch stamp from 1977.

Stamps issued by France in 1937

An example of "stamp-twins", i.e. stamps first issued with a design error that was corrected afterwards.This stamp was issued to remember the 100th anniversary of Descartes' book : "Discours sur la méthode". Unfortunately the stamp mentioned "Discours de la méthode". The faulty stamp was soon withdrawn, and replaced by a correct one.

GERMANY 1934

Probably the first wireless telephone

Stamp issued by the NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

According to specialists, the two birds on this stamp are male. Not exactly a good illustration for a perfect royal wedding !

Stamp issued by MALI

Maybe a nice composition, but with at least three errors :
- the shape of the tiara is completely different from the one Pope John XXIII wore
- a Pope only wears his tiara with church clothes
- look at the cross on the top : the tiara has to be turned by 90 degrees!

Stamps issued by New Zealand in 1929-30

At the time this stamp was issued, tuberculosis was still an incurable disease. To some people the message "Help stamp out tuberculosis" seemed a little bit too hard, so the stamp was reissued with a softer cry : "Help promote health.

Stamp issued by ITALY in 1957

At least in all European countries, and in any case in Italy, the red traffic light is always on the top !

   

Stamp issued by the U.S.A. in 1998

The buckles of ski boots buckle outward on both feet. This means that the skier on this stamp has two left boots.

Stamp issued by the U.S.A. in 1973

First error : look carefully at the ship on the right, and you will see the moon stuck in the ropes of her sail !

Second error : on the date of the Boston Tea Party, the moon was not  a crescent moon.

Stamp issued by UPPER VOLTA in 1980

What a poor magnifying glass : the size of the stamptweezer has not been magnified !

         

Stamp issued by Poland in 1961

I see only one explanation for the fact that the milk does not remain horizontally in the bottle : a long stay in a freezer of a refrigerator !

Stamps issued by the Pitcairn in 1957

Series of stamps with remarkable buildings from the Pitcairn Islands. One of the stamps had to show the local school. The designer however used a wrong picture : the teacher's house ! When the error was discovered, the same stamp was issued, this time with the correct mentioning.

Stamp issued by Korea in 1969

This stamp was issued to illustrate progress in the industry of Korea. But in this position, the cog wheels are locking each other and will not move. France, in 1967, showed the right way.

Stamps issued by KENYA - TANGANIYKA - UGANDA

Under the railwaybridge there is a carriage way, which was omitted on the left side. When the stamp was re-issued, this error was corrected.

 Stamp issued by Germany

Free as a bird ! At least the yellow one that was drawn outside the cage !

Stamp issued by GERMANY in 1993

On modern resistors, numbers have been substituted with colors. Gold and Silver are always on the right side, marking accepted errors (tolerances) of 5 resp. 10%. Thus the third band can never be gold and the fourth can never be green.

   

       

Stamps issued by the Norfolk Island in 1986

Of course, it was not the "HOME SOCIETY" that Governor Philip met, but ... the "HOME SECRETARY", as can be seen on the corrected stamp.

Stamp issued by Nyasaland in  1945

 The fisherman has his arms close to his body, but his shadow is quite different

Stamp issued by Cameroun in 1980

Stamp illustrating Jules Verne's story "Flight to the moon". The manned projectile is shown with a trail of fire and smoke behind it, as if it were rocket-propelled. In Verne's book however, it was fired from a cannon, and not self-propelled.

Stamp issued by China in 1988

The correct order of the seven colors of the rainbow should be : red, orange, yellow, green , blue, indigo and purple (not purple in the outer ring as on the stamp). Furthermore, the flag on the stamp is 26mm long and 15,5mm wide, which is not in conformity
with the correct ratio 3:2.

Stamp issued by Hungary in 1931

A man is being X-rayed with his arms in the wrong position. For a correct chest X-ray, the arms should be in the "akimbo-position".

Stamp issued by Canada in 1946

A drama in the woods : the big falling tree will obviously hit the unknowingly forester, ... ans his friend does not seem to care about it.

Stamp issued by Togo in 1969

This is not the "Assomption" but obviously
the "Annunciation" painted by Botticelli.

Stamp issued by Paraguay in 1976

Two different paintings were put together on one stamp