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Revision as of 12:56, 23 December 2024

Inverted Wagon Queen Family Truckster (I-WQFT).

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

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (18 August 2023)
  • Post @ Twitter (23 May 2022) - no URL, #HighEnergyPhilately
  • Post @ Twitter (20 October 2021) - URL
  • Comment @ Twitter
  • Post @ Facebook
  • [ Comment] @ Facebook