Several Errors in Geography

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United States C10

     This stamp has several errors. Nova Scotia is attached to the Gaspé  Peninsula. Newfoundland appears as two or three islands; Prince Edward and Anticosti Islands are omitted. The Hudson River reaches almost to the St. Lawrence River. England is too large. Paris is too far east, as is the estuary of the Seine. Paris is placed at the mouth of the Seine. The Loire River is a gash in the west coast of France that slices almost to Paris.

SCN C10

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