Pan-American invert

Pan-American invert

Infobox_RareStamps
common_name = Pan-American invert


country_of_production = United States
location_of_production=
date_of_production= May 1, 1901
nature_of_rarity = Invert error
number_in_existence=
face_value =
estimated_value = US $$30,000 - $50,000
The Pan American inverts were postage stamps issued on May 1, 1901, by the United States Post Office Department. It is now probably one of the most famous errors in American philately.Fact|date=August 2008 The first stamps of the 20th Century, the series featured then-modern transportation themes, ornately illustrated, and printed using a bi-color printing process. Immediately popular, the stamps remain darlings of United States collectors.Fact|date=August 2008 The value is estimated from $30,000 - $50,000.Fact|date=August 2008

ee also

*CIA invert
*List of notable postage stamps
*Philatelic investment
*Stamp collecting


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