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Inverted elephant. A flying elephant ? No, just an inverted centerpiece due to a wrong insertion of paper between the green and black printing. (LIBERIA - ) | |
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Forgotten paper shred A forgotten paper shred in the printing press, and this is the result on a pre-printed envelope. (BULGARIA - ) | |
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Ink drop A drop of white ink in a printing press can have desastrous consequences (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - ) | |
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Double overprint Double overprint on hungarian stamp (YUGOSLAVIA - ) | |
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Inverted centerpiece When the second colour was printed, the paper was put upside down, resulting in an inverted centrepiece. (ARMENIA - 1922) | |
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Double print It seems as if there was a serious earthquake at the moment this stamp was printed ! (CROATIA - ) | |
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Inverted colour When one sheet was discoverd with an inverted yellow colour, the US post office decided to print the same number of wrong stamps to avoid speculation. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1962) | |
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Multiple prints. It seems as if there was a serious earthquake at the moment this stamp was printed ! (CROATIA - ) | |
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Double print It seems as if there was a serious earthquake at the moment this stamp was printed ! (SPAIN - ) | |
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On gummed side ! As the ink dried too slowly, the design also appears also on the gummed side of the stamp. (CROATIA - ) | |
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Missing countryname Missing MAGYAR POSTA on the preprinted stamp of this postcard (HUNGARY - 1994) | |
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Inverted Inverted center piece (SOMALIA - 1903) | |
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Different shape Moutains with two different shapes in the background (TANGANYKA - 1961) | |
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On the gummed side Stamp also printed on the gummed side (LEBANON - ) | |
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Missing background The design in the backgroud has almost completely disappeared. (BANGLADESH - 1983) | |
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Inverted center Inverted center - a corrected stamp was issued. (IRAN - 2008) | |
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White dot An oval white dot can be seen on the value 6d of some of thise stamps. (FALKLAND ISLANDS - 1970) | |
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Gap This variety with a gap in the 80th paralell occurs six times in a sheet. (FALKLAND ISLANDS - 1946) | |
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Missing name In the second row of a few blocs, the name of the engraver FOLON is missing. (FRANCE - 1989) | |
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Colour shift Shifted blue colour (NORTH KOREA - 1984) | |
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Additional decoration A black flaw obvious and fully visible as an extra decoration on the soldier's right breast. (JERSEY - 1971) | |
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Additional spot Nice variety : additional reflection in vase. (ROMANIA - 1988) | |
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Missing letter Initial of the first name of the engraver is missing on on of the stamps. (UNITED KINGDOM - 1985) | |
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Additional tooth A white flaw in Gandhi's mouth appears as a single tooth. This was later retouched. (UNITED KINGDOM - 1969) | |
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Miissing letter Missing D on one stamp of every sheet, correct on the others. (UNITED KINGDOM - 1966) | |
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Many problems Due to a paper shortage, old military maps were use to print stamps on their backside. But a lot of things went wrong : the stamps were printed on the already printed side of a military map, with an inverted black centerpiece. (UCRAINA - 1920) | |
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Wrong letter or variety ? Misprint in one of the tabs : DJ instead of DU. (YUGOSLAVIA - 1948) | |
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Missing colours Missing red and black colours. (TANZANIA - ) | |
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Missing colours Missing green and yellow colours. (TANZANIA - ) | |
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Changed value Due to a printing problem, the value of this 10 öre stamp seems to have become 1 cent. (SWEDEN - 1967) | |
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Moving star The red star is moving around the side of this ambulance. (ISRAEL - 1969) | |
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Moving Queen The Queen seems to be moving around on different stamps of this issue. (UNITED KINGDOM - 1979) | |
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Missing part Preprinted cover with a missing part of the stamp. (INDIA - ) | |
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Double Preprintedd cover with double die. (INDIA - 1960) | |
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Colour shift Colour shift (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ) | |
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Colour shift Colour shift (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ) | |
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Diagonal crease Aerogramme with a big diagonal crease. (PAKISTAN - 1976) | |
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Double strike A closer look shows that this stamp has not been overinked, but that a double strike happened during the printing process. (LIBERIA - ) | |
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Inverted center Inverted center, after the prionting of the black colour, a sheet was inverted. (LIBERIA - ) | |
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Additional perforation Shifted colour, and an additional vertical perforation cuts the stamp in two pieces. (RUSSIA - 1927) | |
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Colour shift This severe colour shift results in two Santas on one stamp. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ) | |
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Too less ink If the ink is not urgently refilled, what should have been a preprinted postcard with a postal value will remain ordinary paperware. (INDIA - ) | |
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Disappearing figures Frama ATM stamp, with 04.00 as face value, as far as wee can see, because half of the figures have disappeared. (DENMARK - 1991) | |
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Disappearing stamp The stamp on this preprinted letter card is disappearing. (INDIA - ) | |
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Wrong side Preprinted envelope with upside down stamp at the wrong side of the envelope. (INDIA - ) | |
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Variety Variety : additional dot between België and Belgique. (BELGIUM - 1974) | |
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Missing rings Three olympic rings are missing on some stamps. (BULGARIA - 1964) | |
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Missing figure One stamp in a sheet showed 988 instead of 1988 at the bottom right. (UNITED KINGDOM - 1988) | |
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Wrong year Due to an error in the printing plate the birthdate of Händel became 1585 instead of 1685. (GERMANY - 1935) | |
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Inversion Inverted Swiss flag (LIBERIA - 1956) | |
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Variety Variety : someone in walking in the fields. (BELGIUM - 1969) | |
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Variety Variety : the black colour is touching the red ball. (BELGIUM - 1965) | |
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Missing dot Variety : missing dot on the i of Ekonomisch on some stamps. (BELGIUM - 1976) | |
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Color variety Variety : blue and white leaf in the upper left corner. (ROMANIA - 1975) | |
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Variety Variety : black spot on the cheek. (BELGIUM - 1966) | |
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Variety Variety : black line above letter. (BELGIUM - 1976) | |
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Missing stamps Missing print of a whole stroke on the right side. (PAKISTAN - 1984) | |
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Missing countryname This stamp was issued without the country name. This was corrected by an overprint. (PORTUGAL - 1995) | |
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