If it was a ‘political stamen’, he’d have used a ‘pistil’...
Sorry, just couldn’t resist; I’ll be quiet now...
But you understood the communication, so all is well.
Reminds me of military writing. Used to have to edit lots of writing by folks both above and below me, I never really cared as long I could understand the intent. I still subscribe to the military idea that “ writing should be easily understood in one quick reading and generally free of grammatical error”.