CIA invert

CIA invert

Infobox_RareStamps
common_name = CIA invert


country_of_production = United States
location_of_production =
date_of_production = 2 July 1979
nature_of_rarity = Invert error
number_in_existence = 100
face_value = US $1.00
estimated_value = US $15,000

The CIA invert is a one-dollar value postage stamp error issued by the United States Postal Service. It is one stamp from the Americana series that were produced between 1975 and 1981. The $1 colonial rushlight holder stamp was first issued on July 2, 1979 and one sheet of 100 stamps was issued with the black (the last color printed, though it covers much of the stamp) inverted. The lamp candle holder and text are inverted relative to the flame. About 95 copies have been accounted for. The Scott catalogue number is: 1610c. This was the first United States stamp issued with a major design element printed upside down since the Dag Hammarskjöld invert error of 1962.

One sheet of stamps was bought by a CIA employee who had been sent to the post office to buy some stamps. After the involved employees saved one each, the remainder were sold to a stamp dealer. The Government attempted to reclaim them, but was not successful because they had been legally purchased from a post office clerk. [ [http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibits/2f1a_inverts.html] National Postal Museum (retrieved 29 September 2006)] [ [https://atlas.site5.com/~hgitnerc/CIAinvert.html] Henry Gitner (retrieved 29 September 2006)]

The stamps catalog for only $15,000; one tenth of the Inverted Jenny that is valued at $150,000 yet about the same number of each stamp exist. A block-of-four stamps sold in 2004 for $60,000. [ [http://www.bennettstamps.com/cgi-bin/viewlot.pl?site=1&sale=283&lot=2118&lang=1] Matthew Bennett Auctions (retrieved 29 September 2006)] In September 2006, reproductions have been sold on eBay.

ources

ee also

* Inverted jenny
* List of notable postage stamps

External links

* [http://alphabetilately.com/I.html#CIA I is for invert]
* [http://www.mysticstamp.com/ Mystic Stamp Company]


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