Pakistan Mirror Images

Why are these seemingly identical stamps like mirror images? Or they are different somehow else?

There were two separate printings of this 1½ Anna stamp. The first, in 1948, had the moon pointing right; the second, in 1949, had the moon pointing left.

Your first stamp is SG O28, 2014 cat. value 10p; your second stamp is SG 28, cat. value also 10p.

Any meaning to the direction, left or right?

AFAIK, the Star & Crescent is normally shown as in the second version.

The first version was printed by De La Rue in the UK. Perhaps someone there inadvertently reversed the design. In any case, both versions are very common.

Any idea why they were reversed? The original design shows the star o the right hand side, which is how the flag design is currently. Why would they keep the flag design same and reverse the crescent to the star o the left hand side only in stamps? Is there any logic or is it is mystery?

It was shown with the star to the left on other Pakistani stamps - the 1952 Centenary of the Scinde Dawke (SG 63-4) and the 1956 Ninth Anniversary of Independence (SG 65). Bahawalpur regularly showed the star above the crescent:

Most of time moon is shown left side and slightly tilted left side. I do not know whether printer did make mistake or it was same
as designer made the design.

Pakistan flag was design by Amiruddin Kidwai was based on
All-India Muslim League flag. Crescent is left side.

if at all there is some significance crescent is beginning of month in lunar calendar. After full moon phase (not full moon) waxing crescent starts forming when at 180 degree other moon is in middle of sun and earth you see full moon.
Flag of Hyderabad state(India),First East Turkestan Republic,
Second Turkestan Republic, and Turkmenistan has moon right side.

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On its postmarks, Hyderabad State also showed the star above the crescent



but on Hyderabad's Independence essays of 1947, the star is to the right of the crescent.

So even Hyderabad couldn't make up its mind