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FRANK or FRANKEN ? 5 FRANKEN is grammatically wrong, and was corrected to 5 FRANK (BELGIUM - 1915) | |
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Two overprints Two overprints : the first one to change the value of the stamp to 5 Cents, the second one to One. Cents still appears in the plural. (LIBERIA - ) | |
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Corrected inscription The incorrect inscription 1,10 FRANKEN was soon corrected to 1,10 FRANK on those railwaystamp. (BELGIUM - 1915) | |
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Wrong plural The incorrect plural ANNAS was corrected to ANNA, when the stamp was reissued. (INDIA - 1911) | |
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Incorrect plural One PTS (PESETAS) in an incorrect plural - should have been One PTA (see other stamp) (SPAIN - 1920) | |
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Incorrect plural 1 DRACHMH is the correct singular. The plural DRACHMAI has no sense. (GREECE - 1933) | |
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Incorrect plural Eskimos call themselves INUIT : THE PEOPLE (Singular : INUK) - So the plural INUITS has no sense (see also correct stamp). (CANADA - 1977) | |
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Wrong plural 100 BANI correspond to 1 LEU. So the 1,55 stamp shoul have shown 155 BANI or 1,55 LEU, certainly not 1,55 BANI. (ROMANIA - 1964) | |
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Wrong plural Wrong plural on one of those pre-printed aerogram : POSTES has no sense, correct is POSTE (CANADA - ) | |
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Wrong translation The correct translation of Atoms for peace should have been Atômes pour la Paix instead of Atôme. (AFGHANISTAN - 1958) | |
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Wrong plural Wrong : 1 Centesimi - Correct : 1 Centesimo (ITALY - 1870) | |
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Wrong plural 1 BANI, speedly corrected to 1 BAN (ROMANIA - ) | |
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Wrong plural Wrong : 1 LEI (plural) - Correct : 1 LEU (singular) (ROMANIA - 1927) | |
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Wrong singular 40 BAN is not correct, 40 BANI (plural) is. (ROMANIA - 1958) | |
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Wrong plural 1 Ces is a plural. Should have been 1Ce (Centime) (SOMALIA - 1894) | |
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Wrong plural Lei is plural. Should have been 1 Leu instead of 1 Lei (ROMANIA - ) | |
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Double plural DICE is already the plural of DIE. Thus is DICES a 'double plural'. (SHARJAH - 1987) | |
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Grammar Wrong : LIRA UNA - Correct : UNA LIRA or LIRE UNA (ITALY - 1923) | |
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Wrong plural 2Cts is of course correct, but 1Cts should have been 1Ct. (SPAIN - 1920) | |
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Wrong plural Convolvulus spp would imply two ore more species (plural). But as these flowers are all of the same kind, the correct denomination should have been Convolvulus sp. (NICARAGUA - 1984) | |
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Wrong plural This stamp shows Cotton labelled Gossypium spp, which means species in the plural. For a single specimen of the Gossypium, sp would heve been preferable. (MOZAMBIQUE - 1981) | |
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Missing plural Wrong : Postes aérienne - Correct : Postes aériennes. (AFGHANISTAN - 1939) | |
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Wrong plural Wrong : ARTIFICES - Correct : ARTIFICE. See other stamp. (FRANCE - 2011) | |
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Wrong plural Everyone who has learned a little bit French knows that the plural of CHEVAL CHEVAUX IS, and not CHEVALS. (IVORY COAST - 2009) | |
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Language error Wrong : children day - Correct : children's day. (PAKISTAN - 1964) | |
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Language error Wrong : children day - Correct : children's day. (PAKISTAN - 1973) | |
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Missing letter Wrong: OLYMPIQUE - Correct: OMYMPIQUES (CZECHOSLOVAKIA - 1965) | |
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Wrong letter Wrong : LIRA UNA - Correct: LIRE UNA (see other stamp) (ITALY - 1923) | |
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