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In addition, in the same safety deposit box was a mint one cent Pan-American invert, a used one cent Pan-American invert, a mint two cent Pan-American invert, a mint four cent Pan-American invert, and a used 1869 30 cent inverted flags. Not too bad for one box. |
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If #66 ever shows up, is it still stolen property? Were the other three confiscated? Yes. The one that was found in Ireland in early 2016 was returned to the owner - which the original owner had left to the APS, I believe. From what I remember, they auctioned it off later that year. The guy who found it got a big reward from Mystic... There were several threads about it if you search for it... |
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Was this stuff genuinely produced in error, was it deliberatiely produced for speculative sale or provision to a coterie of collectors, or was it (in the case of the earlier issues) misappropriated printer's waste? |
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I thought the 4 cent Pan Am invert was intentionally produced. Wasn't there a rumor of a 4 cent invert, so BEP intentionally produced one sheet (four panes) of inverts, some overprinted specimen. |
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Not a rumor. According to Johl who quotes Sloane, 400 stamps were printed (2 sheets of 200 each). A pane of 100 went into the PO files, 194 were destroyed, and 106 got into philatelic hands. No way to know how many had the specimen op and how many did not. Page 14 of Vol I of the US Commemorative Stamps of the 20th Century. |
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Apparently there is more to the story, and only 97 got into philatelic hands by being traded for other items needed by the National Philatelic Museum for it's collection. Trades were the only way they could get items they needed. Those stamps were stuck down, which is why nearly all have disturbed gum or small faults. |
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Hi Rev - I wan't clear. I thought the reason for intentional printing of the 4 cent invert (rather than other values) was that there was a rumor circulating at the time (1901) that someone had found a 4 cent invert. BEP then printed the 4 cent invert sheet so that they would have one for the national collection. |
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Interesting, thanks, everyone. Although I do like the idea of "Smithers, where's that sheet of inverted Jennifers that I asked for?". "Gee, boss, that must have been in the heap we sent to the general post office". |
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I was the first to place a bid on the Jenny 49, It should sell for just over a million. |
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