Errors on Stamps, Coins, Collectors' cards,etc
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Stamp TOG 1984 Oct. 15th SS - OG Los Angeles: NZL M8+ crew, gold medal winner OG Munich 1972
MI SS 247 (stamp MI 1786)
SC C499
NZL crews wear black singlets!Just a small wave and the boat is waterlogged!
NZL: Tony Hurt, Wybo Veldman, Dick Joyce,
John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor
Coker, Gary Robertson, cox Simon Dickie
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Stamp TOG 2025 - 4th African Youth Games (Dec. 10th - 20th in Angola)
The red buoys of the lane are misplaced: miimum width of the lanes is 12,5 m
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Stamp TPE 2003 Oct. 28th Tourism - 7X+ ?
MI 2899
SC 3514
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Stamp UGA 1985 Aug. 21st - Gold Medalists OG Los Angeles 1984 - with imprint °Gold Medalist West Germany°
Error: The M8+ gold medal was won by CAN -
no West German M8+ entered the competition at all!
MI 443
SC 461
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Stamp VOL (now BUR) 1977 July 4th OG Montreal SS with overprint "Winner 1976 Frank and Alf Hansen NOR" - The Hansen brothers won the M2X final, depicted is a M2-
MI SS 45
SC C247
large perforations
YV BF 6A
MI SS 45
SC C247
small perforations
The miniature sheet with black
overprint was not valid for postage.
The design shows a sweep oar
race whereas Frank & Alf Hansen
(NOR) won the M2X gold medal.
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Stamp YEM 1980 - wrong rigger design
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Stamp YEM 1980 May 1st SS
MI SS 201
SC C58a
Wrong rigger design
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Stamp YEM 1985 Nov. 15th - OG Los Angeles
Wrong rigger design
MI C 1812
MI SS A 239
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Stamp YUG 1966 March 1st - WRC Bled (1D)
MI 1146
SC B29 / 800
SG 1184
YV 1039
This sculller is unable to
stretch his legs!
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Stamp YUG 1979 Aug. 28th - WRC Bled (perforated & imperforated)
MI 1795
SC 1434
SG 1887
YV 1677
Blades of No. 3 and 5 in the water,
blades of No. 2 and 4 out of the water!
The inscription "IX. World Rowing Championships" is incorrect.
The first WRC were held at Lucerne 1962, followed by Bled 1966,
St. Catherines 1970, Lucerne 1974, Nottingham 1975,
Amsterdam 1977 and Lake Karapiro 1978.
Bled 1979 hosted the 8th Men's WRC.
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Sticker NED "Skiff Superior - Nederlandse Kaas" (Dutch cheese)
No room to stretch the legs
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TC FIJ 2006 Telecom Fiji
Design error: the object in the foreground is the blade of a paddle
whereas the picture shows women's sweep oar rowing
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TC JPN 1988 (Drawing of two silhouetted 4+ with red blossoms in foreground)
Blades on one side of the boat in the water -
on the other side blades in the air
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TC KOR 1992 Jan. 31st
Blades catching the water at the finish of the stroke?