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Lady Liberty stamp depicts replica

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WASHINGTON, April 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Postal Service said a Statue of Liberty-themed stamp accidentally depicts a Las Vegas replica instead of the original.

Postal Service spokesman Roy Betts said a savvy stamp collector noticed the differences between the original and the 14-year-old replica outside of the New York-New York casino and identified the statue pictured on the Lady Liberty "forever" stamp as the replica, The New York Times reported Friday.

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"We still love the stamp design and would have selected this photograph anyway," Betts said. He said the Postal Service is "re-examining our processes to prevent this situation from happening in the future."

In addition to being half the size of the original statue, the replica differs, including hair style and eyes.

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