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A Sloppy Potter

Mike Czetyrbok is one sharp-eyed -- and lucky -- collector of Ukrainian stamps. Besides finding a postally used specimen of the broken fishing line stamp I mentioned on a previous page, he's found several other "sports," including the following:

This version of the (popup link) potter "Ye" stamp from the second ethnographic definitive series has a large spot of ink, which obscures the "k" in "Ukraini."
Left: Some say that the blotch almost resembles a right foward-facing head that is looking up. See the nose?

Right: Closeup view of the "head"

Closeup view of the "head"

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