2011年4月16日星期六

US statue of liberty stamp mix-up

15 April 2011 last updated at 20: 30 GMT A detail of the new stamp information shown in the stamp Casino are more sharply defined than on the statue of the US postal service regrets Vegas issue a stamp with a picture of a replica statue of liberty rather than the original in the port of New York, a spokesman said.

But the post three billion of the first-class stamps printed and will continue to sell, he said.

And the Agency anyway would have chosen the photography, said he.

A stamp collectors discovered the confusion after finding discrepancies between the stamp image and the copper original.

The confusion was first reported by Linn's stamp news, a publication for philatelists.

It points out that the picture on the stamp shows a rectangular patch on the Crown used, that on the 14-year-old statue at the New York available is New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, but not to the 305 ft (93 m) copper statue in New York.

In addition, the features in the Las Vegas replica are more sharply defined than on the original.

The image photography service taken from a stock, the New York Times reported.

Designed by French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi and French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the statue - the title was given by the French in the United States of liberty enlightening the world - statue and devoted himself to 1886.


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