Where Were The Proof Readers...?

Hi guys...You woud think that all proofs are signed off as been ready for printing...Any mistakes would be corrected before any stamp was sent to the presses.

Look at my New Brunswick Scott #10 and Scott #10P stamps...Same blemish that was ok'ed and went to print.

Nothing drastic, but I think they should have been a little more careful...haha
Robert

Where is the proof reader for your posting?(reders)

Very good pjsstamps

That looks like a guide dot to me. Not sure if plate proofers do much about these.

Speaking of proof-reading:

I was disappointed that the PO never corrected the Millennial mistake they made with the Sir William Stephenson commemoration: #1818d (1999)



It should have been: "A Man Called Intrepid" not "Inventor" (the French inscription is right). It makes me cringe every time I see it. He was the model for Bond... James Bond and deserves better from his country.



Interesting that a writer called William Stevenson should write about Sir William Stephenson!

Ah, Mr Bond, I see you have some clever disguises. An inventor from Canada, a postman from Australia (see final paragraph)... but we all know you as being a milkman from Edinburgh (Sean Connery)... or do we.

Wert: He was a man called "Intrepid" - it was his code name.

Wow! I had never known about this error. Clearly a computer spell-checker must have replaced an "Intrepid" typo with "Inventor". Since the same error occurs in the Millennium Collection book stamp sheets, it is very strange that this was not caught before the miniature panes were produced.

I am guessing (hoping) that this would have been spotted and corrected if the inscription had appeared in the actual stamp and not just on the selvedge. Or possibly CP was not interested in fixing this after printing the unplanned miniature panes once the book versions proved controversial.

Guess I better head to the post office tomorrow...haha