Share your amusing or embarrassing cancels on stamps!

byker1 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 06:35:20 am

Good Evening.

Help Please

The outline to the front of Queen Victoria's face is a white line is this Normal for this Stamp?

Also the lips appear not to be outlined.

I'm sure she wouldn't have been Amused if she had seen this stamp.

I have not got another stamp to do a comparison with.

Wmk #6?
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maalgard · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 09:34:17 am

One of the best kept secret in history !

look, i've got another proof

amhazing · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 14:10:40 pm

The mostache looks 'waxed' and curled in that last one!
:lol:

admin · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 15:36:38 pm

Not as good as Edna Everedge glasses!

gavin-h · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 22:20:13 pm

Just proves that you Aussies have been taking the rip out of us Poms for longer than we thought :roll:

parryone · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 22:23:21 pm

Well i can't speak for Victoria's upper lip cleansing regimen,
but that 1 penny Queensland looks like some one took a
whipper snipper to it, is that normal for the issue?

Dogger bank · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 04:05:10 am

Here is an amusing cancel on a 1899 Bolivian stamp.

Elton John wasn't around then - was he? :lol:

ajpower · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 06:23:48 am

I have a NZ stamp featuring a photo of QEII that gives her a fine moustache. I won't be able to dig it up today but the poor dear looks 99% male because of this bit of ink. :roll:

Not Bruce · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 09:32:31 am

Shame they didn't get the full cancel...

Not Bruce · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 09:35:37 am

Is this really a place? I'm sure they're making it up...

Brummie · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 09:52:04 am

It is a real town. The town name Middelfart means central passage :shock:

fromdownunder · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:06:24 am

I don't know if this rates as amusing, or simply inappropriate.

What I have here is Germany 1953 SG 1091 "Commemorating Prisoners of War". The postmark appears to be a juggling clown on a bike, presumably marketing a circus, or other entertainment event to occur between June (July?)/October 1953. Somehow, it just does not seem all that appropriate.

Norm

asmodeus · **Posted:** Tue Oct 25, 2011 03:23:54 am

fromdownunder wrote:

I don't know if this rates as amusing, or simply inappropriate.

What I have here is Germany 1953 SG 1091 "Commemorating Prisoners of War". The postmark appears to be a juggling clown on a bike, presumably marketing a circus, or other entertainment event to occur between June (July?)/October 1953. Somehow, it just does not seem all that appropriate.

Norm

It´s the cancel for the Transport Exhibition in Munich 1953

drh · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 03:11:44 am

Like giving Lady Di a Hitler moustache, or Prince Phillip a Bobby Charlton comb-over. Post them up here!

I've got a cracking one later, did you know of the Maori president of West Germany?

traralgon3844 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 22:59:40 pm

This one makes the buyer look daft.

The Coil Perforations were not issued until October 1941. :shock:

MargoZ · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 23:01:47 pm

President McKinley.......in disguise?

drh · **Posted:** Sun Apr 01, 2012 02:06:18 am

Sorry that took so long!

Maori activist Tame Iti

German President Gustav Heinemann

MargoZ · **Posted:** Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:23:34 am

Excellent.....now I'm being very vigilant in watching out for these

DJM · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2012 14:53:18 pm

Georgie the clown ......

gheinze · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:47:10 am

I found this one cute: using a magnifying glass to more carefully observe someone falling off of a ladder. (And I have to find a way to create sharper photos

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Micky · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 23:09:44 pm

I don't think your supposed to use a ladder when rock climbing

Micky

MargoZ · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 23:12:25 pm

Love it!

JaceStamps · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 02:18:11 am

Good stuff!

Catweazle · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 09:51:41 am

Remind me to dig up some of mine tomorrow, these are great!

DJM · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:36:54 am

Quote:

What I have here is Germany 1953 SG 1091 "Commemorating Prisoners of War". The postmark appears to be a juggling clown on a bike, presumably marketing a circus, or other entertainment event to occur between June (July?)/October 1953. Somehow, it just does not seem all that appropriate.

Maybe it's Germany's idea of Santa Claus....

D.

gheinze · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:49:41 pm

I like how this guy gives a thumbs up in his balancing act.

Global Administrator · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:57:44 pm

Not Bruce wrote:

Is this really a place? I'm sure they're making it up...

The first time I drove in Germany I wondered why all the road signs pointed to AUSFAHRT ... a town I had never before heard of!

BruceK · **Posted:** Sat Apr 21, 2012 21:19:13 pm

E.T. has changed over the years.

Micky · **Posted:** Mon Apr 23, 2012 19:25:00 pm

Great with a side dish of wattles with a glass of freshly squeezed cactus juice, mmmm yummy.
:lol:

Mick from the outback

Note: Not my stamp, scan had outline of email, had to cover over to share here.

MargoZ · **Posted:** Mon Apr 23, 2012 19:39:34 pm

LOL

Micky · **Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2012 16:13:05 pm

Y is this so painfull looking? :lol:

Michael

MJ Scorthorne · **Posted:** Thu Apr 26, 2012 02:02:10 am

Micky wrote:

Great with a side dish of wattles with a glass of freshly squeezed cactus juice, mmmm yummy.
:lol:

Mick from the outback

Note: Not my stamp, scan had outline of email, had to cover over to share here.

I am impressed with the Outback cuisine.
Similar to yummy Canadian muskrat, I am sure.

Great thread.

Margaret

Micky · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:05:45 am

All Aussies love backpacking, I wonder where this roo is heading too :lol:

Michael

The Pom · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2012 23:40:18 pm

The famous "Kangaroo with gas mask" variety.....

Micky · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2012 23:45:54 pm

I do believe most Kangaroo's were issued the mask during the Bomb testing in Woomera, I think it saved many roo lives.
:shock:

Michael

HKStampsGuru · **Posted:** Tue May 01, 2012 12:59:15 pm

gheinze wrote:

I like how this guy gives a thumbs up in his balancing act.

And in Japanese, the 2 characters is "Black Stone"!

maszki · **Posted:** Wed May 02, 2012 07:07:18 am

Global Administrator wrote:

Not Bruce wrote:

Is this really a place? I'm sure they're making it up...

The first time I drove in Germany I wondered why all the road signs pointed to AUSFAHRT ... a town I had never before heard of!

My experiences when driving through Germany relates to following a sign post to the Krankenhaus, thinking it was a castle or notable building. and this very looooooooong street called Einbahnstrasse. Nobody coming everyone going.

I will find the advertisements from Finland about the business called Slackass..the mind boggles.

btcorp · **Posted:** Wed May 02, 2012 09:17:33 am

Your welcome Margaret here is the bearded Lady lol[/quote]

sorry about that did not know i can not move pics, i do now lol

Micky · **Posted:** Wed May 02, 2012 21:00:44 pm

Hunting grounds have shrunk over the years :shock:

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Michael

btcorp · **Posted:** Fri May 04, 2012 04:06:52 am

Found this while sorting

btcorp · **Posted:** Fri May 04, 2012 04:08:19 am

This is Pretty Funny to

MargoZ · **Posted:** Sun May 13, 2012 10:48:42 am

No, no Elizabeth. I said "I need an ADvisor"......

MargoZ · **Posted:** Tue May 15, 2012 01:36:42 am

More goggles...

Feebletodix · **Posted:** Tue May 15, 2012 02:00:52 am

BIGANDYN · **Posted:** Tue May 15, 2012 08:39:38 am

Global Administrator wrote:

Not Bruce wrote:

Is this really a place? I'm sure they're making it up...

The first time I drove in Germany I wondered why all the road signs pointed to AUSFAHRT ... a town I had never before heard of!

Sign on filling station totem poles reading "Gute Fahrt" caused great hilarity amongst the non german speakers in my student touring party to the Rhine/Mosel Valleys (Wine Tasting) many moons ago.

Can also remeber one of our lecturers replying "Einbahnstrasse" when asked the name of the street we were on! :lol: