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Stolen in 1955, the stamp surfaced last week at Spink USA, a New York auction house. Considered America's most famous stamp, inverted Jennies were worth 24 cents when issued, but they fetch ...
In 2013, they reissued the famous stamp, selling them for a modest $2 each. In a humorous spin, though, they decided to print the stamps upside down on purpose–but also created 100 sheets with ...
By James Barron On the day in 1918 when the Postal Service began selling stamps with an image of a newfangled airplane, a 29-year-old stockbroker’s clerk and stamp collector went out on his ...
The end to 111 years of stamp production by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) came without any public ceremony in the same 14th Street building where many of the nation's most famous ...
It's probably the most famous postage stamp ever. "Even a little kid starting to collect stamps knows about the upside down airmail stamp," Scott Trepel, president and owner of Robert A.
The 1918 stamps, featuring an airplane printed upside-down, are among the world's most famous pieces of postage. "It's one of the most notorious crimes in philatelic history, and there's a piece ...