Here’s hoping the digging goes better.
Egyptians were so excited about plans for a new and improved Suez Canal they issued commemorative postage stamps — showing the Panama Canal.
The embarrassing guffaw, reported by The Telegraph, includes part of an Egyptian map above an artist’s rendering of the famed waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America.
The dual-lane construction of the Panama Canal is the unmistakable centerpiece of a three-stamp series.
New construction is underway on the real Suez Canal.
The controversial project is forcing thousands of Egyptians to leave their homes to make way for a new, 45-mile bypass, opening the shipping route to two-way traffic.
Egyptian officials are reportedly working to fix their stamp problem.
