Postal Card Errors, Freaks and Oddities

Under construction starting February 10, 2002.

• On the left is the front of a 15p "small brown tiger" with nearly three impressions of the right side of a normal card.
  The image on the right is the reverse of the same card. The impressions is an offset of an image similar to the card on the left.
  

• Two lightly printed 15p "large brown tigers". The one on the left has the PIN boxes, but the card on the right is an earlier issue without the PIN boxes. The card has an advertizement to the left of the tiger image.
  

• Double impression of 15p large brown tiger card with advertizement. Closeup on the right shows details better.

• Left 15p "large brown tiger" card is miscut, with the PIN wording at the top of the card. The card on the right is a 15p "large brown tiger" reply card. There is a heavy inking on the tiger.
  
  
   
• 50p Rock Cut Rathas, Mahabalipuram. Miscut with ink smear

• Left card is a 6np Trimurti card with repairs made with TITAGHUR PAPER. The repairs are not made to the individual cards but to the roll of paper. Tape is applied to both sides of the paper to repair tears. These cards should have been pulled from the completed cut cards, but were not detected.
  The card on the right is a 15np Trimurti with paper tape repairs.
  

• To the left is a used 10p Trimurti card with the stamp image printed on the paper tape. To the right is a 5np Trimurti card with a wide paper tape mend.

• To the left is a green 15p green elephant card with heavy inking in the image. Next to it is the same elephant card with a white shiny tape repair.

• Blue "Competition Post Card" with shiny brown tape. The card to the right is a 10p Trimurti with paper creases.

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