Inverted Jenny Souvenir Sheet

And to answer that little quirk about the SCF Event calendar; European calendars start the week on Monday. Very confusing if you are not aware of that!

Peter

Well, I do like it and will buy - as close as I will ever come to the real deal! regards, Yakboomer.

In my opinion, the $2 face value of each stamp is a huge turn off. I know that I will not part with $12 for the sheet. It should have been either a forever stamp or the original 24 cents.

I'd purchase it.. keep a single and then have my supply of $2 stamps for the next 10 years

I agree, better than the WAVES. Though I hear the waves have some engraved printing?

It is a sheet for the opening of the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum; most likely not meant for solely general postage but for a collectors item. It's called Collectors Series, hence the giant artwork. I wonder if this could or would be sold in the gift shop, then it can sit there for years.
As for $12 dollars, seems like a bargain compared to everything else I always see in a museum gift shop. I suppose the $2 per stamp has something to do with the purpose and market.

As an outsider looking in, this has all the feelings of a rip-off !
Surely to God, to make it 'special' or 'collectable' and if they are celebrating something important, then at least make it such with all the original features.
To go to the trouble of using the original dies but then to change the value to a whopping $2 [x6] smacks of pure money-making.

Royal Mail have reproduced some classic designs but as non-postally valid Cinderellas. While they didn't make a ton of money for the Post Office coffers, they did turn out to be collectable and sought after.

I wonder how 'Inverted Jennies' [] with $2 values will be sought after in the years to come?

Londonbus1

I like it. And I expect to use some of the $2 stamps for postage. I occasionally send a large envelope to a friend or relative and have been using the high value airmails for postage.

$2.00 could be viewed as a real bargain -- had they adjusted for inflation, 24c in 1918 had the same buying power as $3.65 in 2012 (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

The stamp is actually the second design. The first design essay, shown below, was rejected by the USPS.

it's a barnstormer!

very good the first design.

I am thinking about buying one press sheet and using [imperf] singles to mail stamp purchases to my customers, especially overseas. Comment?

I hope it's only $72 (6 sheets of 6 x $2).