The biplane shown in the picture was the type of plane chosen to carry the very first air mails in the U.S. Something designed to commemorate this selection is now extremely precious and famous. What?Answer: This is the Curtis Jenny biplane that was the plane of choice for the first air mails. To commemorate the event, the airmail stamps were supposed to carry the picture of the plane. However, the plane was printed upside down in the stamps as a mistake. The mistake was rectified very soon and there are very few "Inverted Jenny"s in existence making them among the rarest and most priced stamps. and are now valued at nearly a million dollars. Srivats, Iam, Shweta, Avi and Swapnaa got it. Well done.
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The 'Inverted Jenny' stamp?
The biplane is a Curtis Jenny biplane
The first airmail stamp was an "Inverted Jenny" misprint. Soon corrected, these misprints are rare and expensive.
inverted jenny US postal stamp used on May 10, 1918
The "Inverted Jenny".. The picture of the Curtis Jenny Biplane was printed upside down on the stamp by mistake.. Apparently one of the biggest screw ups in US philately. I was lucky to get stumble across for this one though..
Curtis Jenny biplane stamps in which the plane was accidentally printed upside down.
Aside: after reading the article, I realized that our Arunachalam plot was iskified from a movie called Brewster's Millions.
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