NFLD - Stamp Designer Mistakes.

The U.S. 3 cent Columbian, Sc 232 The Santa Maria (again) is also flying her flag backwards. The U.S. Philatelic Classics Society Chronicle #137 has this to say about American BNC's use of that ship;

"The vignette, Columbus 's flagship, the Santa Maria, has been a source of continuing controversy and amusement. The same picture appeared on the 10¢ value of Newfoundland's Cabot series of 1897 and on the 1936 Cocos Island series of Costa Rica. All of these stamps
were printed by the American Bank Note Company. No one knew in 1892 (and no one knows now) precisely what the Santa Maria looked like . So the American Bank Note Co. simply picked out a plausible rendition of the ship and used that. For us it was Columbus's Santa
Maria. For the Newfies it was Cabot' s Matthew."

littleriverphil...Can you post a picture of it..?

Seals do have claws, but still nothing like the claws on the stamp.

Ah..wert, ya caught me with my Columbians down, as it were!

Guess I should have been more specific, when I said had a bunch of banknotes, I meant definitives. But I've got a couple of U.S. Sc 232's. Best view of the ship is on a scruffy hinged mint stamp, best looking 232 has a cancel on the flag. So I'm afraid it's the ugly.

Wow littleriverphil...Same boat, but different flag..Dosen't anyone think it is strange the the Santa Maria flew different flags..

In the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society's chronicle 137, GEORGE B. ARFKEN's atricle on the 3 cent Columbian says;

"Three engravers cooperated in making the die. The vignette was engraved by Robert Savage , the frame by D . S. Ronaldson and the lettering by George H. Seymour."

"It's not clear whether we should fault engraver Savage or the
unknown original artist."

It seems that the only other thing Robert Savage really paid attention to was who's flag was on the ship.

Isn't this flag flying the wrong way, too? (Canada #282)

No. The wind is coming from the rear of the ship so it is flying in the right direction.

....CORRECT...

Back to stamps of Newfoundland, although the images are poor, I found this article interesting (as taken from The Masonic Philatelist, December 2014, page 29):

So my info was accurate..Thanks wt1 for that article...