Australia Post system error leads to ’embarrassing’ mistake: ‘They had one job’ [Video]

Australia Post has been left red-faced after an “embarrassing” mistake led to some customers being sent out custom stamps missing an essential detail.

Victorian small business owner David, who asked for his surname to be withheld, is one customer who was sent out sheets of stamps without the dollar sign printed on them.

David ordered 2000 custom-made stamps from Australia Post’s MyStamp service for his collectables business on April 4.

It was a day after Australia Post increased the prices for its regular stamps from $1.20 to $1.50.

“I was waiting eagerly for them to come up with the new pricing, and then I ordered them the next day,” David said.

When the sheets of $1.50 stamps arrived in the mail, David said he didn’t notice anything amiss and began using them.

However, on …