Postage stamp design error

The exact circumstances are important, because once the stamp is sold to a customer, whether or not against the postal service's rules, it is considered to be legitimate.

[citation needed] The response of postal officials may include withdrawal of all the stamps, or simply the suspension of printing and distribution, pending revision and reprinting.

Design errors occurring during chaotic times such as revolutions will simply become a topic of discussion for future philatelists.

Similarly, errors occurring in highly technical aspects, such as the spelling of a scientific name of a plant or animal, may not be noticed during the stamp's period of use.

The stamp was released in December 2010 and the error was not noticed until March 2011 when it was identified by Sunipix, a stock photo agency in Texas.

This Philippine stamp of 1932 is captioned Pagsanjan Falls , but actually depicts Vernal Fall
Stamp dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the founding of Newcastle in which the artist depicted his own father instead of the explorer Lt. John Shortland , who discovered the Hunter River (New South Wales) .