In this undated photo provided by Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas, a rare 24-cent stamp depicting an upside-down airplane is shown. The 1918 stamp depicts a Curtiss JN-4 'Jenny,' a World War I training aircraft that became an airmail plane. A collector from New York has purchased the rare 24-cent stamp depicting the upside-down airplane for $825,000, according to Heritage Auction Galleries.
(AP Photo/Heritage Auction Galleries)
The rare 1918 24-cent stamp, depicting an upside-down Curtis JN-4 biplane known as "Jenny," was sold privately this week to a Wall Street executive who did not want to be identified.
Heritage Auction Galleries president Greg Rohan, who brokered the sale, said the buyer is the same collector who lost an auction last month in which another "Inverted Jenny" sold for $977,500. Rohan said his client, whom he described as not being a rare stamp collector, was glad to get another chance at the prized misprint.
"I suspect he's going to enjoy owning it and showing it to a few close friends," Rohan said.
The mint condition red, white and blue stamp is one of the finest known surviving stamps from the original sheet of 100 misprints. The original 100 were bought at a Washington, D.C., post office in 1918.
Randy Shoemaker, founder of Professional Stamp Experts, said there are probably fewer than 1,000 collectors in the world with the money and obsession to seriously pursue such a rare item.
"This is the Rolls-Royce," Shoemaker said. "It's the most expensive airmail stamp in the world."
Rohan said Heritage acquired its stamp from Sonny Hagendorf, a dealer from Scarsdale, N.Y. Rohan said the copy sold by Heritage is one of fewer than five to have never been hinged, meaning affixed with adhesive to be placed in a stamp album.
I am saving this image and article just who knows one day this also might fetch some money :)
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