Views And Coat Of Arms

On October 1, 1969, Guernsey issued definitive stamps featuring „Views and coats of arms“. Two of the stamps displayed maps of Guernsey including longitude and latitude. The latitude read 40°30'N but should have read 49°30'N. In correction of that mistake did Guernsey issue two replacement stamps on February 2, 1970.

latitude logitude Guernsey
latitude logitude Guernsey

latitude logitude Guernsey

 

Top: Stamps with wrong latitude

Middle: Zoom into the blue stamps

Bottom: Corrected stamps

 

latitude logitude Guernsey

 

First Day Cover with corrected stamps