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[[File:Inverted Wagon Queen Family Truckster.jpg|thumb|Inverted Wagon Queen Family Truckster.]]The Inverted Wagon Queen Family Truckster is a spectacular example of a stamp misprint caused by faulty logic. | [[File:Inverted Wagon Queen Family Truckster.jpg|thumb|Inverted Wagon Queen Family Truckster.]]The '''Inverted Wagon Queen Family Truckster''' ('''I-WQFT''') is a spectacular example of a stamp misprint caused by faulty [[Gnomon algorithm]] logic. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
A junior Gnomon algorithm engineer in Ford Motors' Advanced Philately | A junior Gnomon algorithm engineer in Ford Motors' Advanced Philately division misplaced a decimal point. | ||
Result: Ford recalled over million inverted vehicles, but recouped its losses selling stamps to collectors. | Result: Ford recalled over million inverted vehicles, but recouped its losses selling stamps to collectors. | ||
== In the News == | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Inverted Wagon Queen Family Truckster infographic.jpg|Inverted Wagon Queen Family Truckster infographic. | |||
File:Superimposed Fraunhofer.jpg|link=Superimposed Fraunhofer|March 6, 2009: Priceless block of four [[Superimposed Fraunhofer]] stamps, stolen the year before by the [[Forbidden Ratio]] gang, recovered by [[APTO]] field agents. | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[CIA misprint (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Inverted Jenny (nonfiction)]] | |||
== External links == | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_Jenny Inverted Jenny] @ Wikipedia | |||
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | |||
Revision as of 14:16, 18 November 2020
The Inverted Wagon Queen Family Truckster (I-WQFT) is a spectacular example of a stamp misprint caused by faulty Gnomon algorithm logic.
History
A junior Gnomon algorithm engineer in Ford Motors' Advanced Philately division misplaced a decimal point.
Result: Ford recalled over million inverted vehicles, but recouped its losses selling stamps to collectors.
In the News
Inverted Wagon Queen Family Truckster infographic.
March 6, 2009: Priceless block of four Superimposed Fraunhofer stamps, stolen the year before by the Forbidden Ratio gang, recovered by APTO field agents.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Inverted Jenny @ Wikipedia