20071227 AP: Rare 1918 Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny” 24-cent stamp sold

AP: Rare 1918 Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny” 24-cent stamp sold

The stamp collector in me could not help but notice an Associated Press article by an auction house that reports that it has sold a rare 24-cent inverted JN-4 Curtiss Jenny stamp for $825,000…

Auction House Says New York Executive Purchases Rare 24-Cent 'Inverted Jenny' Stamp for $825,000

Thursday, December 27, 2007

AP File: A rare 24-cent stamp from 1918 depicting an upside-down airplane, the Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny," is shown.

DALLAS — A collector from New York has purchased a rare 24-cent stamp depicting an upside-down airplane for $825,000, according to an online auction house.

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The 1918 stamp depicts a Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny," a World War I training aircraft that became an airmail plane. About 700 of the stamps were misprinted, but inspectors caught all of but 100 before they were sold.

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