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Post by stampgeezer on Sept 20, 2013 20:50:47 GMT
I ordered my sheet of 6 from the usps ebay store. I was kind of surprised to see them on sale today (20th) and not next week.  |
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Post by Zuzu on Sept 20, 2013 22:04:45 GMT
A bit odd, but I suppose they won't process the orders today, so they won't arrive until after the actual release date. I ordered mine. =) (And another booklet of the seed packets, which are my favorites that are available right now, and some $1 Waves of Color.)
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Post by I.L.S. on Sept 20, 2013 23:36:59 GMT
Did you see the whole package they are selling for around $200.00 (U.S.D.). They are selling "proofs" and all kinds of other stuff that in my opinion is way over priced. And what really burns me is that the stamps pay no postal rate at all! My other main "gripe" would be the so called proofs...They aren't truly proofs by traditional standards if they print them to sell now are they? I'm glad you like them were able to get a sheet but that other accoutrements are just overpriced bling in my humble opinion.
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Post by stampgeezer on Sept 21, 2013 0:22:24 GMT
ILS - you are correct on all that extra phooey, if I were to spend a couple of hundred, it would not be on that. The 6 stamp sheet is all I wanted.
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Post by I.L.S. on Sept 21, 2013 10:42:06 GMT
I agree stampgeezer. It is a very handsome sheet though isn't it? I may pick one (like yours) up myself.
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Post by Zuzu on Sept 21, 2013 19:11:58 GMT
I just bought the little 6-stamp sheet, as well. And I'll be using the stamps. I often send large or bulky envelopes that have to go at the First Class package rate, so I can use these with a couple of older stamps.  |
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Post by I.L.S. on Sept 22, 2013 14:21:20 GMT
I bet they will look rather handsome too!
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Post by tomiseksj on Sept 22, 2013 19:33:51 GMT
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Post by stampgeezer on Sept 22, 2013 23:00:36 GMT
Way to go Steve!
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Post by I.L.S. on Sept 23, 2013 11:11:12 GMT
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Post by tomiseksj on Sept 23, 2013 12:17:55 GMT
Here is the Gross block currently on loan to the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum. I apologize for the poor quality image; it is due to a combination of low lighting in the exhibit area and my use of a video camera.  A much better image of the block provided by the NPM for the media.  |
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Post by Philatarium on Sept 23, 2013 17:07:50 GMT
Thanks, Steve! An excellent post!! I appreciate your going to the trouble and effort to pull this all together. (On another board I read, there was just a typical argument about some detail or another in the ceremony and stamp issuance, and, at a third board, complaints about the formal dress requirements for a donors' reception on the Friday evening prior.)
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Post by Zuzu on Sept 23, 2013 22:12:58 GMT
Yes, thank you for posting, Steve! I'll have to show this post to my girls. My 9-year old always notices images of the Inverted Jenny. "Look, Mom, the upside-down airplane stamp!"  |
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Post by stampgeezer on Sept 24, 2013 17:29:58 GMT
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Post by Zuzu on Sept 24, 2013 20:44:10 GMT
I got mine in the mail yesterday - pretty sharp!
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Post by tomiseksj on Sept 27, 2013 14:12:23 GMT
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Post by tomiseksj on Oct 3, 2013 12:14:33 GMT
This news release from the USPS provides the rational for enclosing the inverted Jenny sheets in an envelope -- 100 sheets with an upright Jenny were printed and circulated with the inverts. |
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Post by Zuzu on Oct 3, 2013 14:04:13 GMT
I wasn't planning on saving the SS, but the more I think about it, the more I'm leaning toward picking up another just to hold onto.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Oct 3, 2013 15:22:09 GMT
I wasn't planning on saving the SS, but the more I think about it, the more I'm leaning toward picking up another just to hold onto. Just think of it as buying a $12 lottery ticket...  |
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Post by Zuzu on Oct 3, 2013 15:42:13 GMT
Just think of it as buying a $12 lottery ticket... I think I might have spent $5 on a lottery ticket once, but that was definitely the upper limit! |
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Post by stampgeezer on Oct 5, 2013 18:02:16 GMT
As Steve noted, the USPS is printing 100 sheets that are not inverted and will be distributed at random. The USPS has no shame! (I sure I hope I can get one). |
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Post by stampgeezer on Nov 6, 2013 6:25:55 GMT
I see in my latest Linn's that Ideal Stamp and Coin is offering $15,000 for one sheet of the non-inverted inverted Jennys. Should I buy lottery tickets or go to the post office?  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Jan 11, 2014 22:41:09 GMT
I see in my latest Linn's that Ideal Stamp and Coin is offering $15,000 for one sheet of the non-inverted inverted Jennys. Should I buy lottery tickets or go to the post office? The payout is rising -- this was in January's American Philatelist:  |
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Post by stampgeezer on Jan 11, 2014 23:10:49 GMT
I am not buying any more, I had 12 sheets, that's enough gambling for me.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Jan 12, 2014 6:41:30 GMT
The Ideal Stamp Company Inc. have a bit of a cheek to call this an error. I have sent them an email to show my disgust. A disgraceful advert and the American Philatelist should know better.  A con. Londonbus1 |
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Post by I.L.S. on Jan 13, 2014 16:38:38 GMT
Here is mine. The Wifey picked this up for me a couple days ago. (EDIT: that spot between the bottom left stamp and the next one is not on my stamps but the Mylar on the Vario sheet.)
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Post by tomiseksj on Jan 18, 2014 13:53:12 GMT
There is a write-up in this week's Linn's Stamp News Weekly Update regarding the sale of an upright Jenny pane to Ideal for $25K. Since that purchase, the Ideal offer for a sheet of the upright Jenny has dropped to $15K. |
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Post by stampgeezer on Jan 20, 2015 18:54:03 GMT
I see that Bill Gross paid 51,000 for an un-inverted inverted Jenny sheet. Linns articleTheron. |
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Post by stampgeezer on Jan 31, 2015 20:43:35 GMT
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Post by KirkS on Feb 1, 2015 12:41:52 GMT
stampgeezer : I'm surprised it wasn't their plan to give it a number from the beginning. They would assign it a number if it were discovered years later, so it seems logical to me. It will be interesting to see what number they assign. If it were a "discovered" invert, it would probably be denoted with the 'a' after the number; i.e. C3a
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