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The "Inverted Jenny" found!
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 10:46 am
by wings7
One of the rarest icons in the stamp collecting world! [:)]
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/precio ... li=BBnbfcL
Patrick
RE: The "Inverted Jenny" found!
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 1:38 pm
by Qwixt
"24 cent" was pretty pricey back in 1918.
RE: The "Inverted Jenny" found!
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:49 pm
by wings7
ORIGINAL: Qwixt
"24 cent" was pretty pricey back in 1918.
Indeed it was...it makes today's 47 cent first class letter rate a bargain! [:)]
RE: The "Inverted Jenny" found!
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 4:54 pm
by ezzler
The UK's 1st class stamp today costs .93 cents.
RE: The "Inverted Jenny" found!
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 6:53 pm
by wings7
Do we have any Philatelists here? [:)]
RE: The "Inverted Jenny" found!
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 8:28 pm
by Phatguy
ORIGINAL: wings7
Do we have any Philatelists here? [:)]
Yes, sorta me......
RE: The "Inverted Jenny" found!
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 10:14 pm
by wings7
ORIGINAL: apathetic lurker
ORIGINAL: wings7
Do we have any Philatelists here? [:)]
Yes, sorta me......
What are your collecting interests?
RE: The "Inverted Jenny" found!
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 5:03 am
by Phatguy
Military /occupation stamps/covers etc etc. Mostly WWII European theatre but also going back to WWI to a much smaller extent..
Plus have a large collection of Polish stamps from the 1860's to 1990....
RE: The "Inverted Jenny" found!
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 10:25 am
by wings7
ORIGINAL: apathetic lurker
Military /occupation stamps/covers etc etc. Mostly WWII European theatre but also going back to WWI to a much smaller extent..
Plus have a large collection of Polish stamps from the 1860's to 1990....
Military and occupation stamps and covers has always fascinated me...I have collected some over the years. Your Polish collection, are they unused, used (postally used ot CTO)?
RE: The "Inverted Jenny" found!
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 12:40 pm
by bobarossa
ORIGINAL: wings7
ORIGINAL: Qwixt
"24 cent" was pretty pricey back in 1918.
Indeed it was...it makes today's 47 cent first class letter rate a bargain! [:)]
Well it was an airmail stamp and was much more expensive than the regular stamps. They were about 2 to 4 cents. Would have to pull out my mother's stamp collection to be sure.
RE: The "Inverted Jenny" found!
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 4:23 pm
by wings7
ORIGINAL: bobarossa
ORIGINAL: wings7
ORIGINAL: Qwixt
"24 cent" was pretty pricey back in 1918.
Indeed it was...it makes today's 47 cent first class letter rate a bargain! [:)]
Well it was an airmail stamp and was much more expensive than the regular stamps. They were about 2 to 4 cents. Would have to pull out my mother's stamp collection to be sure.
I wasn't clear...I meant that today's 47 cent first class letter rate is a bargain to send a letter from LA to NY! [:)]
RE: The "Inverted Jenny" found!
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 5:58 pm
by Qwixt
ORIGINAL: bobarossa
ORIGINAL: wings7
ORIGINAL: Qwixt
"24 cent" was pretty pricey back in 1918.
Indeed it was...it makes today's 47 cent first class letter rate a bargain! [:)]
Well it was an airmail stamp and was much more expensive than the regular stamps. They were about 2 to 4 cents. Would have to pull out my mother's stamp collection to be sure.
Not only airmail, but upside down airmail.