A 1986 book that tracked each of the 100 Jennies had this entry for No. 49: “No record.” No. 49 has been a black hole on a Jenny website set up by Siegel Auction Galleries, a Manhattan firm ...

The stamp is said to be worth at least $250,000. Another “Inverted Jenny” was sold Tuesday at auction for $1.175 million.

Now a Manhattan auctioneer is preparing to sell it again, with a presale estimate of as much as $2 million. No. 49 is an “Inverted Jenny,” one of the most famous mistakes in stamp history.

American Philatelic Society executive director Scott D. English holds an "Inverted Jenny," a 1918 stamp stolen in 1955, that is finally being returned to its rightful owner. Kathy Willens / AP ...

The stamp sold on Wednesday is the finest Inverted Jenny in existence, according to Siegel auctioneers. It came from Position 49 on the sheet. Siegel auctioneers state that the item has been kept ...

Waterville-based used bookstore Re-Books owner Robert Sezak sold a set of rare “upright Jenny” U.S. Postal Service stamps for $50,000 in an auction at Julia’s Auctions in Fairfield, the ...

A rare 1918 U.S. postage stamp featuring an upside-down plane that was stolen six decades ago and ended up in Northern Ireland was returned to its American owner on Thursday.

But Bill has had a sentimental attachment to the “Inverted Jenny” stamps. “Never sell the ‘Inverted Jenny.’ Keep the ‘Inverted Jenny,’ ” he told Bloomberg TV in a 2016 interview.

An ultra-rare stamp could sell for more than $1 million when it hits the auction block in New York City next week, analysts have estimated. It was one of 100 "inverted Jenny" stamps, legends among ...

November 14, 2023 A 1918 Stamp With an Upside-Down Airplane Just Sold for More Than $2 Million The "Inverted Jenny" is one of the rarest stamps around.

The Postal Service printed the rerun of the inverted Jenny in 2013 to commemorate the original. In 1918, the Postal Service released its first 24-cent airmail stamp, which featured a Curtiss JN-4H ...