$1 Clacks Post Paid Pseudopolis Green
Stamp Description
Grass Green on Sunray Mint Field Clacks Tower surmounting Pseudopolis Town Frame Chief Ankh-Morpork Coat of Arms surmounted by G and T and Curved Flourishes in Oval Frame supported by Street Lamps Dexter and Sinister and Scroll with Motto POST PAID Base PSUEDOPOLIS with 1.00$ in Oval Frame Dexter and Sinister Surmounting Frame Paly with CLACKS POST repeated within.
Notes: Issued in the Year of the Happy Goose [ Album Page ]
The name of the region was misspelt PSUEDOPOLIS instead of PSEUDOPOLIS.
According to the man himself ’Now I have a confession to make.
It was like this .........it was hot and I needed an apple drink, so I got a jug of ’apple juice’ sent down from Uncle Toms (they do this for me, bless them).
Well I was finishing off a certain stamp before getting it to the printers and - well spelling has not ever been my strong suit - and I didn’t get it checked by a grown up - and er, I might have just been a bit confused because of a slight over indulgence of the apple juice - and ..................
Well - er - There have been occasions when miss spellings have appeared on round world stamp, so I am not alone
but ....................
All the grown ups here have now said that I am not being allowed to sign off any stamps without their written approval and I am confined to barracks on Friday’s meeting of the South Somerset Mountain Rescue Team training night in Uncle Tom’s next Friday evening.
I suppose we could do a re-print and put it as a special little gift in the next LBE, what do you think?
Oh, the stamp in question?
You ruddy well find it’
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Issue Year: Happy Goose Type: Clacks