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Inverted Jenny - World's Most Famous Invert When the US issued its first Air Mail stamp, on May 13, 1918, collectors were on the lookout for invert errors.

Inverted Jenny Facts Green sold the first ten stamps for $250 each and then raised the price to $350. Soon his price was at $650. He sold 35 stamps for $250 - $650.

Inverted Jenny - a misprinted U.S. postage stamp showing an inverted image of a blue airplane. The error occurred on the 24-cent airmail stamp of 1918.

Inverted Centre An error in the printing process resulting in the centre of design being upside down.

Inverted imprints, or "inverts," most often occur when a handstamp is unknowingly picked up wrong-way-to by a postal clerk, ...

INVERTED SWAN 4 pence issue of Western Australia (1854) with inverted frame. LADY MCLEOD ...

Inverted Watermark 0 Since the watermark is the first marking the paper receives, the watermark cannot be inverted, only the printing can be inverted or sideways.

Inverted Jenny - nickname for the 24¢ air mail error stamp of 1918 on which the airplane (vignette) was printed upside down in relation to the frame. Scott C3a.

Inverted Watermark The watermark shows upside down when compared with the stamp design. Post Shop Locator Post Code Finder Currency Converter Languages ...

Invert -- The term generally used to describe any error where one portion of the design is inverted in relation to the other portion(s). J K ...

Invert Stamp with one part of its design upside down in relation to the rest of the stamp. Mint ...

InvertThe central design ('vignette') or portion of a stamp printed upside-down in relation to the frame, or vice versa.

The Inverted Jenny is a famous error; philatelic study explains exactly how it happened.

Frame Inverted. A curious error (Spanish) where a part of the frame was inverted. Fugitive. An ink intended to prevent cleaning of stamp cancels, which runs when in contact with water or other fluid.

Today, an Inverted Jenny comes on the market frequently enough to keep interest high. An unused, fine single has a 2002 Scott value of $170,000.

Background, inverted: the background is inverted compared to the stamp design. Backing: the process of filling the shell with molten metal to form a printing plate. Backing paper: liner on self-adhesive coil stamps that stamps are affixed to.

If you discover a watermark variety such as an inverted watermark*, do not detach the selvage.

Only one single sheet of the inverted centers has ever been found. After it was purchased in the 1920s, the stamps were separated into various singles, pairs, and blocks. The 24-cent Jenny invert has escalated steadily in value.

Western Australia 1854 4d Inverted Swan ($60,000 used) United States 1868 1 cent Z Grill (Sold for $935,000 in 1988) Canada 1851 12 pence Victoria on Laid Paper ($80,000 unused and $50,000 used) United States 1918 Inverted Jenny ($150,000 unused) ...

3505a 1¢ Pan-American Invert (steamer) 3505b 2¢ Pan-American Invert (locomotive) 3505c 4¢ Pan-American Invert (automobile) 3505d 80¢ Buffalo stamp ...

All are overprinted "SPECIMEN" horizontally (upright or inverted) or diagonally.

Variety: A variation from the standard form of a stamp. Varieties include different watermarks, inverts, imperforates, missing colors, wrong colors and major color shifts. See also Freak, Error.

[1] Any kind of mistake in design or production, such as an inverted centre, a wrong watermark, or a lack of perforations in an issue meant to be perforated.

Aerogramme, reverse die cutting: printed sheet of an aerogram placed in an inverted position when sheets are being cut. Aerogramme, semi-official: inscriptions added with implied or tacit approval of the government.

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