Offbeat: Rare Stamp May be Sealed in Florida Ballot Box -- UPDATE
A rare "Inverted Jenny" postage stamp.An AP newswire article, via CNN, reports that:
A rare, valuable stamp that could be worth at least $200,000 may be on an absentee-ballot envelope sealed in a box with other ballots from Tuesday's election.More here.
Broward County Commissioner John Rodstrom discovered the stamp, which may be the famous Inverted Jenny, while reviewing absentee ballots. There was no name on the envelope so the vote did not count.
What seemed like a small stamp collection on one envelope caught Rodstrom's eye. At least one was from 1936, Rodstrom said. Then he noticed one had an upside-down World War I-era airplane -- the hallmark of an Inverted Jenny.
Update 11/14: Now it appears to be a fake.
posted by Fergie @ 11/11/2006 01:11:00 PM
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