Stamp Collecting | Cool Stamps | Inverted Jenny souvenir sheet features a new version of perhaps the most famous error in the history of U.S. stamps

"This souvenir sheet features a new version of perhaps the most famous error in the history of U.S. stamps: the Inverted Jenny, a 1918 misprint that highlights the ways a single stamp can turn history upside down. ..."    

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21 Most Valuable Stamps: Rare Stamps Wanted By Collectors

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...a tiny sheet of sticky paper, no more than an inch or two square, could be holding the key to millions of dollars. The 21 most valuable stamps in the world are rare pieces packed with interesting history and countless mistakes. ...George Washington B-Grill $1,392,800, Inverted Declaration of Independence $1,615,400, Inverted Jenny $1,631,700..."    

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'Inverted Jenny' stamp stolen in 1955 resurfaces

'Inverted Jenny' stamp stolen in 1955 resurfaces

"...valuable "inverted Jenny" stamp has surfaced six decades after it was stolen from a collectors' convention. The stamp — one of the world's most famous pieces of postage — was among four of its kind taken from a 1955 collectors' convention..."    

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Rare Opportunity: Only 100 sheets of special 'corrected' 2013 Inverted Jenny stamps printed

Inverted Jenny Stamp - with a possible rare surprise
"...The Postal Service announced that it has additionally printed 100 additional sheets of stamps of the recently issued Inverted Jenny stamp but with the plane flying right-side up. These very limited edition stamps were circulated with the recent issue of the most famous “misprinted” stamp. Customers who have recently purchased the new Inverted Jenny stamp could have a very limited edition of the famous stamp...."    
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Rare misprint US airmail stamp to be auctioned in Warwickshire

"...The 1918 US airmail stamp depicts the Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aeroplane flying upside down. Auction house, Warwick and Warwick, will be selling a mint example of the stamp..."    

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Stamp Collecting: The Inverted Jenny Stamp

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"...serious stamp collectors know that one of the rarest stamps in the world is the inverted Jenny. The Jenny stamp was issued by the U.S. postal office on May 10, 1918 in which the image of the Curtiss JN-4 airplane was accidentally printed upside-down, making this postal error one of the most famous of all time...."    

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What makes a postage stamp valuable

Treasured for their flaws "... Much of coin, currency and stamp collecting, in fact, is based on glorious goofs — everything from inverted images to double and triple strikes in coins to misalignment, fold or crease errors with stamps, Holland says. Take the 1918 24-cent U.S. Airmail stamp with an inverted center showing an early biplane upside-down, for instance. The "Inverted Jenny" is one of the best-known examples of an "invert." ..." [Reference: www.capecodonline.com]