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Stolen 'inverted Jenny' stamp resurfaces after 61 years
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I think CaptHenway may have some interesting stories of items resurfacing.
"To Be Esteemed Be Useful" - 1792 Birch Cent --- "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin
I maybe off on this one but I think I am correct.
The 1866 No Motto quarter and half dollar surfaced in the Los Angeles area being sold as common type coins.
I found the following excerpt in a 2/20/15 on-line article by Paul Gilkes from Coin World regarding the recovered DuPont 1866 No Motto quarter:
"The Proof 1866 Seated Liberty, No Motto dollar surfaced in 2004 in Maine. The unnamed man who had the coin in his possession for nearly 20 years contacted American Numismatic Rarities LLC in February 2004 believing he might have the missing coin.
The man, a librarian, learned of the missing coin after reading a library copy of the Sept. 13, 2003, issue of Coin World announcing ANR’s sale of the only other Proof 1866 Seated Liberty, No Motto dollar known. The Coin World article also addressed the du Pont robbery.
The man met with numismatists John Kraljevich Jr. and John Pack, both then with ANR, on Feb. 26, 2004, during which time the numismatists identified the coin as the missing du Pont coin."
If I recall correctly, the Walton 1913 V nickel was "lost" and rediscovered many years later.
It became "lost" because it was appraised by Stacks in the 1960's(?) as a fake. It wouldn't have been "lost" if appropriately authenticated.
Stolen in 1955, famous 'inverted Jenny' stamp resurfaces
Where is the remainder of the 100 count sheet of Inverted Jenny's?
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How did they know which particular inverted Jenny it was?
By the exact positions of the perforation holes relative to the printed frame.
How did they know which particular inverted Jenny it was?
By the exact positions of the perforation holes relative to the printed frame.
Nifty explanation, but aren't hole positions rather random without any guarantee that they are not duplicated on another stamp?
http://www.shieldnickels.net
How did they know which particular inverted Jenny it was?
By the exact positions of the perforation holes relative to the printed frame.
Nifty explanation, but aren't hole positions rather random without any guarantee that they are not duplicated on another stamp?
The fact that they are somewhat random means that it would be very unlikely that another stamp from the same sheet would have exactly the same configuration.
Tiny ink runs here and there could also identify it, if an image of high resolution is available.
And small inclusion specks in the paper could be utilized in the same manner as bag mark matching.
no luck so far....Cheers, RickO
How did they know which particular inverted Jenny it was?
Stack's had one in their Rarities sale last May at the time of the 1st Pogue sale. It had a lot of interesting info about them in it including an explanation for identifying each:
"Ned had been married for a little over ten months when he purchased the sheet of inverted "Jennies" for $20,000.00 from Eugene Klein. At the time this was a world record for any philatelic item, and would stand until the Ferrary Sales began in France in 1922. The sheet was almost immediately broken into blocks and singles with Green retaining, among others, the major position blocks and the top row of the sheet with the straight edges from where the "locket" copy (position 9) originates. Before separating the stamps Klein carefully numbered all the stamps from 1-100 on reverse in light pencil.
The Inverted Jenny Locket - Mabel Green’s “Jenny” Locket - Gift from Colonel Edward H. R. Green to his wife
"To Be Esteemed Be Useful" - 1792 Birch Cent --- "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin
How did they know which particular inverted Jenny it was?
By the exact positions of the perforation holes relative to the printed frame.
Nifty explanation, but aren't hole positions rather random without any guarantee that they are not duplicated on another stamp?
The fact that they are somewhat random means that it would be very unlikely that another stamp from the same sheet would have exactly the same configuration.
Tiny ink runs here and there could also identify it, if an image of high resolution is available.
And small inclusion specks in the paper could be utilized in the same manner as bag mark matching.
I have never heard about identifying them fro perforations. However, I recall that the identification was done by someone numbering the sheet, in pencil or the reverse of each stamp, before it was broken up. I found a supporting story here:
The discovery was made by William T. Robey who purchased the entire sheet of 100 at the New York Avenue Post Office in Washington, D.C. on May 14, 1918. He quickly sold it within one week to well-known Philadelphia stamp dealer Eugene Klein for $15,000.00. The sheet eventually ended up being sold to one of the largest collectors of the time, Col. Edward H.R. Green for $20,000.00. Col. Green had instructed Klein to break up the sheet for him into singles and key position blocks with the intent of selling all but a few. On the reverse, in light pencil, Klein marked the position number of each example.