2008 Woodie Awards
Nation
Rare stamp sells for $1.2 million
Issue date: 2/11/08 Section: Briefly
LONG ISLAND, New York -- A 19th century stamp was sold at a Long Island auction for $1.2 million Saturday.
The stamp is one of only four known stamps of an 1869 printing that has an upside-down image of the signing of the Declaration of Independence according to the catalog from Philip Weiss Auction.
It was among 24 inverts in the auction.
It was a part of a collection that also had the famous "Inverted Jenny" stamps, which sold for $265,000.
The stamp is one of only four known stamps of an 1869 printing that has an upside-down image of the signing of the Declaration of Independence according to the catalog from Philip Weiss Auction.
It was among 24 inverts in the auction.
It was a part of a collection that also had the famous "Inverted Jenny" stamps, which sold for $265,000.