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Has anyone ever found a stamp where there is something in the motive that is just not right. Here is a German stamp from 1969. Have a good look.
I wonder how it manages to stand with both left legs raised?
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Even in motion, it seems to be an unnatural stance for a horse. The artist probably did not do their homework. I could be wrong.
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I remember seeing an anti-pedophilia stamp that showed pedophilia. 
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This is my favourite. It's well known, but do you see it?
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The ship is supposedly at rest, with 3 sails unfurled? Not enough resolution for me to see well, but is that a lighthouse, or a flag tower made of logs on the headland accross the bay?
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"I wonder how it manages to stand with both left legs raised?"
What makes you think the horse is standing ?
It could be trotting or cantering.
It all depends on the breed which legs are lifted and in what order.
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Should be :Settlaars ?
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Bilingual stamp pairs!
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"What makes you think the horse is standing ?"
Ok; I should have wrote "stay upright". As far as I know a horse can´t have both legs on side down while the other two are up.
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Opa is correct;
a horse cannot walk/trot/canter/gallop with ONLY both left legs -
or right legs - on the ground at the same time.
Whatever the gait, it is always opposite legs.
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(caretaker of 30+ Egyptian Arabians for many years)
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A horse that paces does indeed move both legs on the same side at the same time. A pacing gait can be natural or created.
The equine on the stamp is not a pacer but appears to be trotting as the right front/left rear and left front/right rear legs are sort of moving together - it's just not that great of an illustration.
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05:37:11pm
"a horse cannot walk/trot/canter/gallop with ONLY both left legs -"
No, but it CAN pace.
The difference between a trotter and a pacer:
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Roy and Sally are correct, BUT -
this was never a NATURAL gait for a horse;
they were TRAINED and then BRED to do so.
That being said, I concede to you both.
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The mistake on the South African stamp? On the hill in the background is a radio tower. As the stamp depicts an event in 1849, it's a bit ahead of it's time.
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....AND the submarine that just surfaced in front of the ship!!!
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Submarine??
Obviously its a longboat.
The tower could be a signal tower, a watchtower or a lighthouse or a flagpole.
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It's acknowledged as a design error. The radio tower is/was on Durban Bluff
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Well, at least they drew it to scale.
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There's a GB error similar to the horse stamp.
On this 1981 International Year of Disabled People stamp, the dog is on two left legs. I'll bet he's not a pacer 
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This one is my favorite:
The Egyptian postal service had the best intentions when issuing a series of stamps to commemorate the Suez Canal and its multi-billion expansion project, only there was one glaring error: the stamp showed a picture of the rival Panama Canal (for those of you who don’t know, Suez Canal has no locks).
rrr...
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"Submarine??
Obviously its a longboat."
That was a JOKE....obviously.
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In 1947, Australia issued a set of three stamps commemorating the sesquicentenary of the establishment of Newcastle, New South Wales. The officer in charge of the expedition was Lieutenant John Shortland, Royal Navy.
The Post Office duly issued the low value stamp in the series, showing John Shortland RN. Much to their embarrassment, the portrait was that of his father, also John Shortland RN.
The error wasn't corrected
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It could be a bad portrait of George Washington too.
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"It could be a bad portrait of George Washington too"
Or a really bad one of Idi Amin's high school graduation.
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I am not sure about the example with Amin but some non-US stamps have rather inaccurate images of George Washington.
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this withdrawn stamp, what remind you?
its face value about 0.5 $, but if find it will cost you about 300 $.
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"... some non-US stamps have rather inaccurate images of George Washington ..."
And how would we know? Majority rules?
Photographs vary, too ... sometimes, wildly ... to the point that we are not always sure who's who.
Q/ "Did the Founding Fathers speak with an English accent? Or, an American accent?"
This was one of the questions addressed at a recent (and terrific) One Day University lecture.
And, it turns-out that this question has a solid, authoritative answer!
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey (who is going to protect his investment in that ODU ticket by keeping the answer to himself)
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Camera pics in GW days. There multiple paintings that show some consistency.
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07:27:05pm
Unlike poor John Harvard.
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Has anyone ever found a stamp where there is something in the motive that is just not right. Here is a German stamp from 1969. Have a good look.
I wonder how it manages to stand with both left legs raised?
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10:24:48am
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Even in motion, it seems to be an unnatural stance for a horse. The artist probably did not do their homework. I could be wrong.
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I remember seeing an anti-pedophilia stamp that showed pedophilia.
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This is my favourite. It's well known, but do you see it?
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01:37:36pm
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The ship is supposedly at rest, with 3 sails unfurled? Not enough resolution for me to see well, but is that a lighthouse, or a flag tower made of logs on the headland accross the bay?
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"I wonder how it manages to stand with both left legs raised?"
What makes you think the horse is standing ?
It could be trotting or cantering.
It all depends on the breed which legs are lifted and in what order.
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03:17:49pm
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Bilingual stamp pairs!
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"What makes you think the horse is standing ?"
Ok; I should have wrote "stay upright". As far as I know a horse can´t have both legs on side down while the other two are up.
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re: Silly mistakes on Stamps
Opa is correct;
a horse cannot walk/trot/canter/gallop with ONLY both left legs -
or right legs - on the ground at the same time.
Whatever the gait, it is always opposite legs.
Musicman
(caretaker of 30+ Egyptian Arabians for many years)
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re: Silly mistakes on Stamps
A horse that paces does indeed move both legs on the same side at the same time. A pacing gait can be natural or created.
The equine on the stamp is not a pacer but appears to be trotting as the right front/left rear and left front/right rear legs are sort of moving together - it's just not that great of an illustration.
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28 Sep 2019
05:37:11pm
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"a horse cannot walk/trot/canter/gallop with ONLY both left legs -"
No, but it CAN pace.
The difference between a trotter and a pacer:
Roy
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Roy and Sally are correct, BUT -
this was never a NATURAL gait for a horse;
they were TRAINED and then BRED to do so.
That being said, I concede to you both.
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re: Silly mistakes on Stamps
The mistake on the South African stamp? On the hill in the background is a radio tower. As the stamp depicts an event in 1849, it's a bit ahead of it's time.
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....AND the submarine that just surfaced in front of the ship!!!
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It's acknowledged as a design error. The radio tower is/was on Durban Bluff
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Well, at least they drew it to scale.
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There's a GB error similar to the horse stamp.
On this 1981 International Year of Disabled People stamp, the dog is on two left legs. I'll bet he's not a pacer
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29 Sep 2019
04:57:10pm
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This one is my favorite:
The Egyptian postal service had the best intentions when issuing a series of stamps to commemorate the Suez Canal and its multi-billion expansion project, only there was one glaring error: the stamp showed a picture of the rival Panama Canal (for those of you who don’t know, Suez Canal has no locks).
rrr...
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"Submarine??
Obviously its a longboat."
That was a JOKE....obviously.
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re: Silly mistakes on Stamps
In 1947, Australia issued a set of three stamps commemorating the sesquicentenary of the establishment of Newcastle, New South Wales. The officer in charge of the expedition was Lieutenant John Shortland, Royal Navy.
The Post Office duly issued the low value stamp in the series, showing John Shortland RN. Much to their embarrassment, the portrait was that of his father, also John Shortland RN.
The error wasn't corrected
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It could be a bad portrait of George Washington too.
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09:58:37am
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"It could be a bad portrait of George Washington too"
Or a really bad one of Idi Amin's high school graduation.
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I am not sure about the example with Amin but some non-US stamps have rather inaccurate images of George Washington.
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12:50:00pm
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this withdrawn stamp, what remind you?
its face value about 0.5 $, but if find it will cost you about 300 $.
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"... some non-US stamps have rather inaccurate images of George Washington ..."
And how would we know? Majority rules?
Photographs vary, too ... sometimes, wildly ... to the point that we are not always sure who's who.
Q/ "Did the Founding Fathers speak with an English accent? Or, an American accent?"
This was one of the questions addressed at a recent (and terrific) One Day University lecture.
And, it turns-out that this question has a solid, authoritative answer!
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey (who is going to protect his investment in that ODU ticket by keeping the answer to himself)
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Camera pics in GW days. There multiple paintings that show some consistency.
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07:27:05pm
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Unlike poor John Harvard.
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