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* [[Nicolas Cage Octopus stamp]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
Revision as of 08:37, 13 March 2021
The Inverted Wagon Queen Family Truckster (I-WQFT) is a spectacular example of a stamp misprint caused by faulty Gnomon algorithm logic.
History
A junior Gnomon algorithm engineer in Ford Motors' Advanced Philately division misplaced a decimal point.
Result: Ford recalled over million inverted vehicles, but recouped its losses selling stamps to collectors.
In the News
Inverted Wagon Queen Family Truckster infographic.
March 6, 2009: Priceless block of four Superimposed Fraunhofer stamps, stolen the year before by the Forbidden Ratio gang, recovered by APTO field agents.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Inverted Jenny @ Wikipedia
- Post @ Facebook
- [ Comment] @ Facebook