OT Guy uses $500.000 stamp to mail in vote!
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One of the most prized stamps was used to mail in a ballot in Miami this past week.
An Inverted Jenny (an upside down biplane) that only 1 page was known to exist was used.
The page was broken up into 4's and singles long ago.
The 500.000 is the value of the stamp after it's use!
The govt. now owns the stamp.
Steve
An Inverted Jenny (an upside down biplane) that only 1 page was known to exist was used.
The page was broken up into 4's and singles long ago.
The 500.000 is the value of the stamp after it's use!
The govt. now owns the stamp.
Steve
Good for you.
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Inverted Jenny used on ballot?
November 2006
Reports claim rarity used on absentee vote
A number of reports in the USA are suggesting that an absentee vote cast in Tuesday’s midterm elections was posted using the famous Inverted Jenny stamp.
Officials in Broward County, Florida noticed an unusual looking stamp as they were counting absentte votes. County Commissioner John Rodstrom, a former stamp collector, recognised it instantly.
The stamp is now being kept in storage, with voting laws stating that along with the vote itself, it must be archived for two years and then destroyed.
Mitch Kopkin, proprietor of the Tropical Stamp shop in Fort Lauderdale declared that whilst it was highly unlikely that the stamp was a genuine Inverted Jenny, it would fetch between $50,00 and $200,000 if it was proved to be the real thing.