OK, it's late for me and I am half asleep at the keyboard, but ..
Stumbled on to the following in the US Postal Bulletins which is news to me:
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. WASHINGTON. THURSDAY, MAY 3. 1917. NO. 11337
WASHINGTON, May 2. 1917.
1. Postmasters and others connected with the postal service are notified that a quantity of 2-cent postage stamps hare
been inadvertently produced from printing plates of the 5-cent denomination, and some of these stamps were issued to postmasters before the error was detected.
2. The stamps are red, but bear the numeral "5" instead of "2."
cent. The misprinted stamps will be found in sheets of 2-cent stamps bearing the number 7942 in the margin. Not all sheets numbered 7042 contain misprinted stamps, but , some of these sheets have one and other sheets have two. Postmasters and stamp clerks who discover any of the misprinted two-cent stamps in stock will withdraw them
from sale, and postmasters will send them to the Third Assistant Postmaster General. Division of Stamps, with a statement of the
quantity, for redemption at 2 cents each, the rate at which they have been issued.
3. The misprinted stamps have all been issued by the Department to postmasters since March 6,1917.
4. Misprinted 2-cent stamps presented at post offices by the public will be redeemed at 2 cents each and sent to the Department.
A. M. DOCKERY,
Third Ass't P. M. Gen.
I would like to see an example of this error if someone can post an image.
Posted 09/03/2020 10:36 pm
