Design errors

Sports

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Big steps, small traces Despite their big steps, these strange little men leave small traces in the snow. (GREENLAND - 1962)


Only one seat without safety bar ! Not easy to promote your village as a ski paradise, as there is only one seat available, moreover not equipped with a safety bar. (ROMANIA - 1964)


Skis of different length ! Can anyone explain why the two skis are exactly in line, and not the left and the right foot (KAMPUCHEA - 1984)


Missing face protection Playing ice hockey without face protectors is not only dangerous, it is against the rules. (RUSSIA - 1962)


Wrong dress According to the international Skating Union's rules, ladies must wear skirts, they must have skirts and pants covering the hips and posterior. A unitard is not acceptable… (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1994)


Missing stick The stick of the number-6 player is missing. (GERMANY - 1975)


Out of proportion Comparing to the keeper, the size of the goal is out of proportion. (ROMANIA - 1970)


Backwards or forwards ? The billowing skirt of the skater shows that she is executing a graceful left back spiral. However the tracing on the ice suggests a forward movement. (JAPAN - 1949)


Out of proportion In curling, the disk has a diameter of 30cm, the same size as the white centre stip in the red circle. (CANADA - 1969)


Wrong size The size of the rifle is much too small. (ROMANIA - 1969)


Too long The sticks have a different length, and in any case the right one is much too long. (ROMANIA - 1971)


Missing protection In ski competitions a head protection is mandatory. (ROMANIA - 1971)


Falling jumper Wrong and strange position of the arms of this skijumper (ALBANIA - 1968)


Summer ski Skiing at the summer Olympics of 1980 in Moscow ? Why not. (ANDORRA - 1980)


Forwards or backwards ? The billowing skirt of the skater shows that she is is moving to the roght of the stamp. However the tracing on the ice suggests that she is moving left. (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC - 1950)


Two our four ? Stamp honouring the Italian winner of the 'Bob a 4' race during the Wintet Olympic games, but only a two-men bobsleigh is pictured. (GUINEA - 1972)


One too less or too much. There are bobsleigh competitions for 2 and 4-manned bobsleighs, but not for 3-manned bobs as pictured here. (HUNGARY - 1972)


Two left hands Two left hands, and and impossible way to hold the rifle with the left arm. (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC - 1967)


With style. On the picture, the Crown Prince Olav is jumping with his hat. His style on the stamp looks much better than on the picture ! (NORWAY - 1979)


No footsteps. No footsteps in the snow. Those men must have been there for a very long time. (NORWAY - )


Missing footsteps. No footsteps in the snow. (NORWAY - )


Wrong snowcristal Snowcristal with only five branches instead of six. (RUSSIA - 1964)


Missing face protection Missing face protection. (RUSSIA - 1965)


Wrong flag The Norwegian Per TYLDUM, who won the 5 miles on skiis, is connected here tothe Swedisch flag. (CHAD - 1972)


Not present Curling was not included in the Winter Olympic Games of Grenoble (SHARJAH - 1968)


Against the rules The two-man bobsleigh has a steering wheel, but since 1950 only steering ropes have been allowed. (SHARJAH - 1968)


Not an Olympic Competition Competitions for tobogganing are not at the program of the Winter Olympic Games (SHARJAH - 1968)


Wrong shape The shape of the cup featured on this stamp is not the current one as can be seen on a photograph. (CANADA - 1987)


Missing ski Only one ski. (AFGHANISTAN - 1963)


Wrong position The stick has to be held as close a possible to the body (AUSTRIA - 1964)


Error in name Wrong : TOMANEN - Correct name of the winner is Jouko TÖRMÄNEN (CONGO REPUBLIC - 1980)


Strange dress The yellow dress is not in use at the Olympic Games. (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - 1988)


One year too late 250th anniversary of the engineering school in Prague. As this school was founded in 1706, the stamp was issued one year too late. (CZECHOSLOVAKIA - 1957)


Why not ? Ski jumping as a teamsport ? (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - 1976)


Missing The rifleman on the right has lost his ski-sticks and has no number on his chest. (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC - 1967)


Not present Alpine skiing was not a competition at the International Skimeeting in Lahti, Finland. (FINLAND - 1938)


Not real Bobsleigh is not organised in open field, but in a protected tunnel scarved in the snow. (KAMPUCHEA - 1983)


Wrong position Rifle-shooting on skis is done from an erect position, see other stamp. (HUNGARY - 1964)


Without cage Ice hockey goal without cage (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1980)


Old fashion The skates, pictured on this stamp, are old-fashionednskates ot a type that was popular before the First World War, but highly unlikely for modern chanpionship cont'estants. (HUNGARY - 1964)


Accident Impossible position of this jumper, who can only crash on the ice. (BURUNDI - 1972)


Wrong competition Bobsleigh with four was not a competition at the Olympic Games of 1960. (TOGO - 1960)


Not present Downhill skiing... without skis was not a competition at the Summer Olympic Games in 1956. (YUGOSLAVIA - 1956)


Missing protection In ice hockey, a head protection is obligatory. (SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON - 1958)


Missing skis Skirunner, ... without skis ! (KAMPUCHEA - 1989)


Missing protection Ice hockey without a face protection is not only dangerous, it is forbidden. (RUSSIA - 1970)


Missing person Only one person is featured, but the german inscription says : two-men bobsled. (MONGOLIA - 1989)


Not present Downhill skiing was not a competition at the Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1932)


Différent styles Different times, different styles. (ARGENTINA - 1962)


Wrong number During the 1968 Grenoble Olympic Games, Jean Claude Killy won his races wearing number 14, not 16. (FRANCE - 2000)


No competition Bobsleigh with three people was not a competition at the Grenoble Winter Olympics. (SPAIN - 1968)


Not olympic As far as we know, snow-scooting is not an Olympic sport. (BURUNDI - 1972)


Missing stick One stick is missing, and in any case it is much too long to be really helpful (NORWAY - )


Missing ski Skijump with only one ski was not an Olympic event at the games of Albertville. (FRANCE - 1990)


New competition ? Figure skating on ice in team, mybe a nice idea, but not reaslistic. (UPPER VOLTA - 1980)


Too dangerous ! Downhill skiing in pack like a cycling race, too dangerous to be realistic ! (UPPER VOLTA - 1980)


Impossible position This is an impossible position during a jump, as if the lady was flying above the ice. (GUINEA BISSAU - 1976)


Not realistic Bobsleigh is not organised in open field, but in a protected tunnel scarved in the snow. (AJMAN - 1972)


Wrong position In this position, the skier will miss the next gate. (LIECHTENSTEIN - 1997)


Not the correct material Ice hockey goal without net. (SWITZERLAND - 1948)


One too much Two skiers on the track during a downhill race. (ALGERIA - 1968)


Without protection Ice hockey player without face protection. (UPPER VOLTA - 1972)


Not present A Curling competition was not organized at the Olympic Wintergames in 1968, (SHARJAH - 1968)


Not present Individual downhill sleigh was not a competition at the Olympic Wintergames in 1968. (SHARJAH - 1968)


Publicity The brand of the skis is visible, and this is against the rule that no publicity is allowed on stamps. (FINLAND - 1988)


One too much Only two runners compete in speed competitions on ice. (TOGO - 1971)


Two or four During the Wintergames of Abertville, there was no bobsleigh competition for one person, only two or four. (LAO - 1992)


Missing branche A snow cristal has six branches, not five. (CANADA - 1988)


Incoherent As the front of one of the skis is curved, one could expect that the other one should be curved too. (SPAIN - 1981)


More than one Iceskating with more than one partecipant at the same time (AJMAN - 1972)


Missing stick Only one stick ! (RUSSIA - 1972)


Not at the Olympic Games Baseball is not an olympic competition (NICARAGUA - 1988)


Strange team sport Ski jumping as a team sport ? Never seen before !lp (EQUATORIAL GUINEA - )


Where are the medals ? At the Olympic games, the winners only recieve medals, no other presents. (Paraguay - 1987)


Summer skiing Skiing at the summer Olympic Games in Montreal ? (ANDORRA - 1976)


Missing cage Ice hockey goal without cage (NICARAGUA - 1987)


Wrong clothes Ski competition in the winter in summer clothes (CZECHOSLOVAKIA - 1970)


To the abyss With the bobslee... directly into the abyss! (NICARAGUA - 1984)


Not existing competition Competition between two bobsleds (AJMAN - 1972)


Different lengths? The position of the top sof the skis is not coherent with the position of the feet (LAO - 1990)


Mirror image Mirrored featuring of this player. Look at the inverted image (GUINEA BISSAU - 1984)


Too close Incorrect position on the skis (AJMAN - 1968)


Dangerous Ice hockey players without face protection (BHUTAN - 1976)


Wrong sport The featured skier is a slalom skier, not a cross-country skier (GUYANA - 2014)


Inadequate color and shape A white round puck on ice would be invisible! (Yemen - 1967)


Face protection Ice hockey players without face protection (RAS AL KHAIMA - 1968)