The Rare Inverted Jenny Stamp -

[@jameskunetka8915]

All followers of Graham's videos will be pleased to know that he was featured in the latest issue of the British publication, STAMP MAGAZINE (February issue, page 28). He was specifically cited for helping bridge the gap between older, traditional collectors and younger ones. Very complimentary -- and well deserved. Oh, and even a photo of Mr. Beck. Congratulations.

[@ExploringStamps]

Oh wow, I didn’t know this, thanks James I will check it out ☺️

[@jameskunetka8915]

@@ExploringStamps I emailed you a screenshot of the article.

[@abuobaidah2531]

Epic and Exceptional presentation always love and enjoy your videos ❤️

[@peterconrad2277]

Brilliant!! I'm loving these #philately episodes.

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoyed it 😃

[@SuperJoylon]

Great presentation on this very rare, valuable, and popular treasure of a stamp. Did not realize it landed in so many different positions within the red frame! I do feel so sorry for Mrs. McCoy. To have such a wonderful gift from her dying husband taken from her. So sad. However, she did make the right choice in the end.

[@ExploringStamps]

I also feel sorry for Ethel McCoy, it is a bit of a tragic story since she never got to see her stamps ever again. But as you said, it was a smart move to name the APRL as the beneficiary, I'm hoping that the last one resurfaces very soon. Thanks for watching 😊

[@leslieselby5270]

Graham, another nicely crafted video. In just over 15 minutes, you gave a really good description of how the Jenny error was created and found, and why it is popular today. Like many collectors, I bought one of the sheets of the $2 inverts hoping to find one of the "regular" variety (but was not that lucky). I was fortunate to see 2 of the real Jenny invert stamps at the World Stamp Show in New York in 2016. Thanks for posting.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Leslie! Glad that you enjoyed the video, I also bought a few of the mini-sheets but no luck for me either 😕. Seeing the real inverted Jennys is a really cool experience though, I have seen the APRL one at both the Ohio and NY stamp shows. Thanks so much for watching.

[@johnsimper6578]

Once again, an absolutely superb video!! I loved finding more out about this stamp, it really does have a fantastic history. Oh yeah, I just checked with Mystic, and they said if you want to collect the stamp in person, the will drop the $2.95 🤣👍

[@ExploringStamps]

😂 That is super kind of them!! So I guess I will have to plan a driving trip to go purchase it, just give me a few years to um..find some cash. 😅 Thanks for your support, John

[@mallardstamps]

Man I love these types of videos! learning not only about a particular stamp, but also the history behind the stamp is something special! Thanks for the great video my friend!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Mallard, glad you enjoyed it. Totally agree, the history of the stamp itself is quite interesting, I love learning about it. Thanks for watching 😀

[@bronsonjamari3776]

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[@kevinahmir5070]

@Bronson Jamari Instablaster :)

[@bronsonjamari3776]

@Kevin Ahmir thanks so much for your reply. I found the site through google and Im in the hacking process atm. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.

[@siam1883]

Yippee! My favorite US stamp makes #philately. Great story line and interweaving of the birth of airmail and a philatelic rarity.

[@garyholdener2470]

Thanks Graham for returning to your philatelic roots as I love your history lesson videos! I learn so much and it makes the hobby much richer for me and hopefully others....😊. Another wonderful video and lesson!!

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoyed it Gary, I like changing the format up and trying different things, it’s been helpful to explore stamps as well as the hobby. Thanks so much for all your support 😊

[@ThriftShopHustler]

Seriously your story telling is great, love this stamp

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you 😊

[@mookatgirl7680]

So fascinating! Love learning about the history of the stamp. You are such a good presenter and story teller, wish you could do a documentary on TV ☺️

[@davidcolombier5673]

Fantastic story!

[@jeffw.1854]

This is a really well done video and most interesting to someone like me a collector. I had read some about the Jenny but there was even more here. Great post.

[@niravgangar]

Loved the video as always! So much to learn about!

[@ExploringStamps]

Awesome! Thank you and glad that you enjoyed it 😊

[@imtiazahamed7959]

Great video as usual👍👍👍👍 really enjoyed to learn stamps through history and history through stamps.

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@40belowful]

The "cattle in snow storm " is another great stamp

[@ExploringStamps]

It really is!

[@markominsky1913]

Another one of your interesting and informative videos, Well done, Graham!

[@ExploringStamps]

Many thanks, Mark! Glad that you enjoyed it. 😊

[@cuongmaiviet5275]

"Thanks" to being colonized by France back then, our country was in contact with airmail quite early too. In fact, if i remember correctly , Jennys planes were flew from Saigon to Paris in the 1910s. The location where the plane first flown are now The Tan San Nhat International Airport. Great videos as always 😁

[@ExploringStamps]

I find stuff like that really interesting, while researching this video I found out that there was an airstrip right in my town where the first overnight airmail flight took off. There is a lot to research and learn about with airmail 🙂

[@cuongmaiviet5275]

Indeed so, airmail is as interesting, no, somtimes even more intruging than normal mail 🤣

[@byronsbrain]

This is such a great story, mind you I will now have some nightmares about hoovers!

[@ExploringStamps]

😂. Yeah Hoovers are big stamp eating machines!

[@tofailamin7955]

I just learned a lot !! Thank you so much 👍

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad it was helpful! You are very welcome 😊

[@milacatownminnesota]

Awesome presentation! Keep 'm coming.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you! Will do! 😀

[@TsukiCondor]

Entertaining stuff as usual Graham,I smirked when you played the Top Gun clip 😅

[@ExploringStamps]

😎👍

[@rbullmb]

EXCELLENT VIDEO! I learned a lot from this informative video on the Inverted Jenny.

[@ExploringStamps]

☺️ glad you enjoyed it!

[@ordinaryk]

Very good video! I'd like to see you cover other invert errors, especially the Dag Hammarskjold invert of 1962 (Scott 1204) and the VERY interesting story regarding its mass reprint, and also the Rush Lamp invert (aka the CIA invert) of 1979, Scott 1610c.

[@ExploringStamps]

Great suggestions! Thank you 😀

[@egress1977]

Great content as always. I'm just reading a book about United Airlines and their humble beginnings as a mail carrier. You references about that were very timely.

[@Eric-rf6te]

The quality of your videos is staggering. This is a LOT of work going to each. Thank you very much for doing them and sharing with the world.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Eric! It means a lot to know that viewers like you enjoy the videos 😊 thanks for watching!

[@andrewmcphee8965]

Very interesting, thanks for the video!

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching Andrew 😊

[@martstar1]

They reduced the airmail value, how bizarre, I only see them go up exponentially. Great to hear more on the history of airmail and respect for the stamp and the sacrifices the pilots made to make worldwide postage quick and reliable.

[@ExploringStamps]

And it wasn't by 1 or 2 cents, it was a serious price reduction 😅. Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching Martin.

[@physics2112]

Outstanding!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you kindly! 😊

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

Outstanding vid....one of your BEST. I've been waiting for this one....so THANK you!

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoyed it! You are very welcome, thanks for watching 😊

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

@@ExploringStamps Lastly, thank you for mentioning the book...I think I'll be getting that. I'm certain, it will be fascinating reading about one of the most fascinating stamps ever made in the US. My fascination with this stamp began in the early 1970's when my step-grandfather turned me onto collecting stamps.

[@kennyfrancis6882]

I love your videos and have watched several of the same videos a few times. I am hoping that you can do a video of the St Lawrence Seaway stamp error stamp with inverted centre at some point. The history behind the St Lawrence seaway is a rich one.

[@ExploringStamps]

That could be a very interesting video, thank you for the suggestion and thanks for watching Kenny 😊

[@StampswithSara1]

Error of the life is a disadvantage Error of the stamp is a advantage 😌

[@josephwolfe1833]

A little information - I am a stamp collector and also a huge fan of mystery novels. There's a series of novels and short stories written by Lawrence Block about a stamp collecting hit man by the name of John Keller. In one of the stories it is mentioned that he names his daughter Jenny after the inverted Jenny stamp. It's a great series and I'm pretty sure I mentioned it in a previous post.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you for sharing Joseph, I'm going to have to keep an eye out for that series, who can resist a good mystery novel, especially if stamps are involved in some way 😊. Thanks for watching!

[@dennyd4848]

Haha - great vid again “Maverick”! 😂😂

[@ExploringStamps]

😎

[@sarahgoodman6279]

So glad I finally got to this video, I love the story behind the stamp and I love learning more about air mail! I am currently reading the one cent magenta book you have on your shelf and I think you just convinced me what my next book will be!

[@ExploringStamps]

🙌 you are on track to becoming an expert philatelist!! Hope you enjoy the book 😊

[@jamesbullock5732]

Informative and enjoyable.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@ehtashamahmad3137]

Great as usual

[@ExploringStamps]

thank you 😊

[@michaelanzelino5068]

One of your best and more interesting Exploring Stamps episode. Regular postal rate in 1918 was 2c not 3c. It wasn't until 1932 the first class postal rate was raised from 2c to 3c.

[@garybartha3705]

GREAT VIDEO keep up the good work.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Gary, will do 😀

[@LouisGedo]

Another brilliant episode!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Louis ☺️

[@StefanoBertacchi]

Great video as usual! Superb start to 2021!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Stefano! 😊

[@wayneaugustine517]

thoroughly INTERESTING AND I TOO WOULD BALK AT PURCHASING AN EXAMPLE AT A $2.95 SHIPPING RATE !🤣

[@ExploringStamps]

😅👍

[@jamesshattell1425]

I was just thinking today about that scene from Mad Money. Philately is integrated into pop culture more then people realize. You could do an whole episode on the topic.

[@ExploringStamps]

Totally could! There is a stamp chat by Howard Summers that explores stamp collecting in pop culture, check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2nZh6Wumr2EhLc

[@jamesshattell1425]

@@ExploringStamps Thanks, that was a great APS chat I hadn't seen.

[@davidprovost1981]

Another book on the subject, “Jenny!”, by George Amick,with the title inverted on the cover, was published by Amos Press (parent of Lynn’s) in 1986. I received it as a gift along time ago. I found it to be both informative and entertaining. I don’t know if it’s still available or not.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you David, I just took a look on Amazon and I see some copies available. I have added the recommendation to the video description. It seems that George Amick wrote 2 books related to the stamp. Thanks for watching 😊

[@rogerturner1881]

HAPPY NEW YEAR to you both. Great story...i wonder if there is another error Jenny with a different number to it or a missing of one number of the 38262...So there are 100 scattered here and there.

[@soiledbear2051]

Very informative, thx

[@ExploringStamps]

You are very welcome, thank you for watching 🙏

[@YousephTanha]

As much as TV and movies talk about the stamp, your video probably just provided them with a cliffs notes history of the stamp as a plot device. I bet with in the next five years we will see movies and TVs talking about this stamp more and more as a plot device.

[@ExploringStamps]

That would be excellent, I know that there were plans for a ‘Blue Mauritius’ movie in which the plot centered around a heist of some stamps, but something around the inverted Jenny would be totally good for the hobby and non collectors...other than charade, the next best TV/movie that has stamps as the main plot device is the Peppa Pig episode titled ‘Stamps’ 😅

[@barrydrees3617]

I remember a "Streets of San Francisco" episode back in the 70s where the story centered around a stamp collector staging a phony robbery of his house and stamp collection to try and show the police that the British Guiana 1c Magenta had been stolen (insurance fraud or something). I wonder whether there is a "Stamps on TV " website somewhere . . .

[@VicenteKuster]

Another superb video from Exploring Stamps I just came across today. Thanks Graham, it's been pretty interesting watching it. Now I can say I know much more things about JN4 than before. it's a nice history. But where the hell is number 66? Who knows? Maybe our neighbour... just stay tuned!

[@garyhughes1664]

I came across your channel after watching an episode from The Avengers TV series. Titled ‘The Mauritius Penny’ (1962) and starring Patrick Macnee as Steed and Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale, I was fascinated to find out whether any such stamp ever really existed and, as a result, came across your highly interesting video about it. I’ve since watched a number of others, like this one on the ‘Inverted Jenny’, and didn’t realise, for an outsider like myself with no real interest in philately, just how much I’d be fascinated by the stories and history surrounding such stamps. Hw your enthusiasm for the subject helps a great deal. I look forward to watching more. Thx.

[@ExploringStamps]

Oh I need to check out that Avengers episode. So glad to see you found the channel and enjoying the content. The hobby has so many incredible stories to learn about. 😊

[@isabelleisles7649]

I knew of the stamp and it’s hype, but I really didn’t know it’s story. Wonderfully presented!!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it Isabelle 😊

[@IIoveasl10]

Graham, very good video. The inverted jenny is a great story, but like you, I can only dream of getting one....or may be, be very very lucky. but I won't hold my breath. Great story. I had heard another one on the internet. I am still doing China and Hong-Kong stamps. Til your next video.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you David, I also won't hold my breath 😅....but you never know since number 66 is still out there, anyone could come across the missing stamp! Thanks for watching David 😀

[@IIoveasl10]

@@ExploringStamps Well, at least, we both have something to look forward too. David

[@barrydrees3617]

Hi Graham, great video as always. Do you know if William T Robey ever wrote about what his feelings were when in the second post office that he went into he suddenly found an inverted sheet? It must have been like stumbling upon pirate treasure in your garden! It reminds me of the story of the archeologist Howard Carter, who when he finally made a hole in the sealed door to Tutankhamen's tomb and put his candle in - he stared at huge piles of gold in the only unrobbed tomb in ancient Egyptian history - and when asked what he saw he replied "Wondrous things" (or so he claimed later). Just think that as he saw all of that gold, he must have realized that he was about to become the most famous archeologist ever!

[@pinedelgado4743]

Great video!!! Thanks lots for posting!! :) :) BTW. There's another book on the story of the Inverted Jenny that's worth a look--THE INVERTED JENNY--MONEY, MYSTERY, MANIA by George Amick. I have my own personal copy. It MAY be out of print, but it IS worth looking into if you can find it at your local library or online. :) :)

[@ExploringStamps]

Oh excellent! I have just added your recommendation to the video description, thank you 😀!!

[@pinedelgado4743]

@@ExploringStamps You're very welcome and thank YOU!!! :) :) :) :)

[@tanuzaahmad7028]

And you got a chance to hold it in your hands. That's amazing 😃😃😃

[@brandonreinventshimself]

I got into stamps/stamp collecting/postmark collecting because of the Inverted Jenny! Specifically that is, the 2013 commemorative. At the time I was working for an aviation maintenance company that was doing the bulk of a restoration work on a JN-4 that was for a gentleman making a film on the type in honor of Jennys in World War One and the first Air Mail. The commemorative came out around that time, and I picked up 3 or 4 sets of them.

[@WeldonSirloin]

I don't remember how I got here but I don't regret it. Great info.

[@georgechen5231]

The best video yet!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you! 😊

[@turnopil]

That was fascinating!

[@andriy3863]

My DREAM stamp, the ones that keeps my stamp budget not extending to much every day by reminding me that I wont be able to collect all airplane stamps anyway)

[@ExploringStamps]

I LOVE it. This is the stamp that keeps you grounded 😂. Brilliant!

[@conniejohnson9393]

Are the fast Jenny, slow Jenny, landed Jenny etc. of more value as well?

[@ExploringStamps]

Yes they seem to be quite a bit more valuable.

[@MrPatrick1414]

Upside Down but perfectly centered!

[@ExploringStamps]

😂. It was flying at the right speed and height, just doing it very differently.

[@MrPatrick1414]

@@ExploringStamps Exactly! :D

[@mpojol]

Just imagining how hard it is to send air mails back then 😅

[@ExploringStamps]

And who would have thought that flying the right direction would be one of the challenges? 😀😊

[@TANVIRTASNIM]

I wish, one day I could have a inverted jenny

[@ExploringStamps]

Me too!! 🤞😅

[@NisargSutaria]

Awesome :-)

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you!

[@ronnymanfred]

Just found your channel and immediatly got addicted :) But I got a question: I have an album from my grandfather with stamps from Germany between the 1880s and 1945. A lot of them were unused and are in that album for 50 yrs or more. a lot of them are stuck to the album and can't be taken out. Is there any way of removing them with as little damage as possible? Most of them are of insignificant value, but some are more sought after. Thanks in advance :)

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks for watching and glad that you found the channel. It depends on how the stamps are stuck to the albums, if they are stuck directly on you may be able to loosen them with water, but for stamps attached via hinges you can look to use 'stamp lift fluid' or even lighter fluid to break down the adhesive, both of which are safe for stamps. I hope this helps 😊

[@ronnymanfred]

@@ExploringStamps thank you for the quick answer :) I was hoping there is a way without further damaging the backside of the stamps since water activates the adhesive. But the lift fluid sounds interesting, I'll try that :)

[@tonycaruso6609]

I just had the opportunity to watch this video. Being in the printing industry for close to 40 years and seeing how the sheet of inverts are set up, I find it impossible for this to be purely accidental. This had to be done on purpose, and I can prove it based on how the sheet is set up and printed.

[@yanmarin4445]

Could you please make a video showing how you do all the research?

[@ExploringStamps]

Absolutely 👍

[@Creek54]

There had to be counterfeits at one time or another. I imagine they are much easier to print than modern paper money.

[@ExploringStamps]

oh absolutely! there have been several false alarms of finding the missing Jenny's over the years, all forgeries.

[@jamesshattell1425]

Of course there are facsimiles one can buy if you want to have a space filler.

[@Mike12522]

A few notes ..... which may not be entirely accurate. The Jenny and many other stamps , were printed in big panes of 400, then cut into sheets of 100. I read rumors decades ago that the U.S. Postal Service ordered every Post Office to check their stocks of this stamp. Rumor has it that 2 other sheets were found, and destroyed. If correct, that could mean that the 4th sheet of 100 could have survived. Since it, or any stamps from it, have never surfaced, perhaps the Post Office found and destroyed the remaining 3 sheets.

[@mauriciobuscemi8399]

El precio real cuanto seria?

[@adriano-moraes]

Cool! I’m dreaming of buying a cheap penny black, it is possible.

[@ExploringStamps]

It sure is, and its totally worth owning one, do it 😎

[@jamesshattell1425]

What is cool about the first postage stamp is that there are actually enough copies around that there could be one available for each collector.

[@adriano-moraes]

@@jamesshattell1425 good point.

[@tedtalksstamps]

You say the Bureau inspectors checked unsold stock and found 8 more sheets. A full press sheet had 4 panes, “pane” being the correct term for the sheet Robey had. Counting Robey’s, that is 9 panes, or 2 1/4 full sheets accounted for. Someone still has 3 panes. Probably Don Sundman and Bill Gross, and they’re keeping them off the market to prop up the value. (Well, that’s my conspiracy theory, and I’m sticking to it.😁)

[@ExploringStamps]

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 I’m in! So what’s the plan? How about we tickle them until they admit it and release the others? ... but I’m open to other plans

[@Kaka8CRonaldo7]

Hey , I am new to philately and I found your channel . I have a kinda stupid question xD . How do you decided what stamps to collect ,I mean on what topic or do you collect everything stamp related ? I used to collect sports cards and stickers , but that was always easy since there is a checklist you can follow.I will appreciate any advice ! Thanks in advance !

[@buzzawuzza3743]

excellent

[@Melstorm]

Top Gun Inverted 👌

[@ExploringStamps]

🙃

[@natashathomas2881]

Is there any Trinidad and Tobago stamps that worth money? Or special for any reason?

[@leovanlierop4580]

The most famous stamp is from the United States. Who could have guessed?

[@cotygreen6435]

I have a inverted Jenny stamp and have been looking for a buyer for awhile now

[@subhasishdey9851]

Hello coty which stamp u have

[@subhasishdey9851]

Pl reply

[@dirarkoali2031]

وهل طوابع جيني المDear question, are the remaining inverted Jenny stamps that have not been sold or displayed known where they are located or where they are preserved, or are there missing stamps

[@LouisGedo]

In regards to the 2013 anniversary re-issue of the Inverted Jenny stamp, the USPS continues to consistently make monumental irresponsible decisions that screw stamp collectors because in 2017 (i believe that was the year) the USPS knowingly and intentionally added some number of the intentional upright "error" sheets to random orders placed with the USPS even when the order contained no purchase of any airnail stamps whatsoever. This is one of many reasons that I and so many stamp collectors I know understand the USPS to be actively working against stamp collectors and the spirit of discovery of errors in purchased USPS philatelic items. For many of us, this was the final slap in the face of many slaps in the face of stamp collectors by the intentionally reckless USPS.

[@anddreee]

Do you have PO box to send you a postcard😄

[@pennyfodca7752]

You should start a gofundme to purchase Mystics Inverted Jenny... I'll give a couple dollars :)

[@ExploringStamps]

Awesome, that almost covers the shipping cost!! 😅

[@SilvioManfredDante]

My heart almost stopped when looking through my late grandfather's old collection, I thought I had this...but it was just the regular one. Disappointed to say the least.

[@AfricaStampsonline]

In 2009 UK auction house, Warwick & Warwick, sold position 23, ex William West. I was viewing and someone asked to take a look at it. It was shown around the room (only a few of us were in at the time) and I was delighted to have the stamp in my hands, well, my tweezers. Estimated at £150,000, it was knocked down for £160,000 plus 15% buyers premium. I made a point of staying to see it sold and to date it is the single most expensive stamp I've seen in an auction room. Sadly I wasn't the buyer!

[@ExploringStamps]

Epic! I would also stick around to see it get sold. I have come close to it a couple of times, but never holding it in my tweezers close, very cool!!

[@billyjohnesterhuizen6340]

HELLO GRAHAM. PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME THE MEANING OF "INVERTE" STAMP

[@chrislaymon284]

it has books abouit it

[@ganeshd816]

Make a collaboration with half asleep chris

[@sanoxnock5094]

Saya pernah lihat disaudara saya ketika saya kelas TK, tetapi di tahun 2023 tinggal 1 tadinya 2 gandeng, sekarang umur saya 49 th,

[@عملاتقديمهوأخطاء]

رائع رائع وجميل

[@Emperor-Wild-Man]

The biggest travesty or downside to the story of the Inverted Jenny is the modern day commemorative issue of the stamp with the corrected flying position. As presented in the video, only "100" correct flying Jenny sheetlets were produced in 2013 and were to be distributed randomly throughout the country via US Post Offices. To this day, I think that only slightly over 30 sheetlets are accounted for, making a super modern stamp rarity, as artificially fabricated by the USPS. At one time, the majority of the balance of the unsold correct Jenny sheetlets just sits in the USPS storage, and no one seem to have an answer or the care to ask what has happened to them.

[@JulianCollects]

13:48 Uh, Graham. Why you didn't buy the stamp? Because of shipping fee that you may expect to see it on just envelope, not on a expensive storage? What do you want to see when it was shipped to you? Like this? (kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWiUmppvrdZ0Y8U time stamp 2:02-2:22). Just kidding.

[@JackChannel22]

How much is a non inverted Jenny?

[@ExploringStamps]

On eBay it ranges from ~$25 through to over 100. Depends on condition of course.

[@JackChannel22]

@@ExploringStamps Thanks Graham for your answer (and your videos in general!). I’m an italian young philatelist and I’ve been following your channel for a long time! Greetings from Italy. Ps: how much do you trust eBay about stamps? I have never bought stamps on eBay because I fear frauds. I buy stamps only on professional stamps websites and also in physical stamp shops (and of course at the post office of my town for new italian issues).

[@barrydrees3617]

@@JackChannel22 Ciao JackChannel22, I buy lots of stamps on eBay. I would say that it is great for getting that last issue that you need to complete a set or large lots for almost nothing (I got 300 Austrian commemoratives for about 1 Euro), but once you get to more valuable purchases (~>20 Euro) then I would be more careful. But just to get lots more stamps that are fun to sort and display, it is great. When I started, within a few weeks I found many of my favorite stamps from my childhood that had disappeared when our house was robbed in the US, and the price is almost nothing. Of course, it can be rather nerve wracking when you find a real deal and you wait hoping that no one else bids on it: I had bid 2.00 Euro on a large set of Indian Feudal State stamps and watched it for 8 days before the price shot up to >20 Euro in the last 5 min! Anyway - good luck and have fun.

[@JackChannel22]

@@barrydrees3617 Thanks Barry for your advice! Ciao!

[@BvsMAcosh]

Lovely video! But those stamps are messed up garbage.

[@ExploringStamps]

😆👍👍

[@vkollekciyu]

🔎👍🚀⚓🍀

[@manoharraokilari2704]

Hara krishna

[@savudarie9306]

Num trimiti si mie niste timbre sînt in cepator colectionez de 2ani

[@earthlightsmusic2743]

True story: a philatelic museum curator marries a woman who mutually enjoys punning contests and they have a daughter they name Jennifer. Could it be to avoid being called an "inverted Jennifer" that this daughter tried multiple new names, a couple of them princesses?

[@michaelschuenemann3505]

Watch out as sooooooooooo many Fakes are on E-Bay ! Don't buy any "Inverted Jenny" Stamps without a Certificate or Expert Mark !

[@michaelschuenemann3505]

@@disgruntledemployee9240 Watch out as sooooooooooo many Fakes are on E-Bay ! Don't buy any "Inverted Jenny" Stamps without a Certificate or Expert Mark !

[@antonioromao5681]

100 stamps is not very rare. There are thousands of stamps / errors in the world with less than 100 known copies.

[@ExploringStamps]

I would disagree, 100 is indeed very rare in the stamp world. There are only 99 copies more than the rarest stamp on earth, that’s rare! 😊

[@robertcalhoun3123]

Good example of myth and legend equaling value, the CIA inverts are just as interesting and rarer but you wouldn't know it looking at values

[@ExploringStamps]

Absolutely, it's a fine example of how the right attention or publicity can really make a difference to the awareness and desirability of a stamp.

[@soiledbear2051]

Perhaps another video idea explaining?

[@Turtlehands]

@@soiledbear2051 My biggest regret in life is not buying one when I had the chance... I thought it was too expensive at the time... in 20 years, it's gone up 10x the amount that I had a chance to get one for. It doesn't bother me much, oh no... (Yes it does) I never really buy expensive singles.... but I did think about a Jenny. But I'm almost sure that it was a contrived error, and that thought was mostly what kept me away, not to mention the price.

[@Turtlehands]

But the "Story" that goes along with these rare stamps is mostly what makes them valuable. I think the British Guiana one had a boy scout discover it, and sell it to a Doctor... That was supposed to give it credibility. It's now considered a fake, by some. OK, I was close.... quoted: The stamp was discovered in 1873 by a 12-year-old schoolboy named L. Vernon Vaughan, who was living in British Guiana with his family. He found it among his family papers. He kept it in his collection and later sold it to another collector in British Guiana. It surfaced in Britain in 1878 and was then purchased by Count Philippe la Renotiere von Ferrary, a noted stamp collector. One of the DuPont's wound up with it, it sold 6 years ago for over 9 million dollars US. I have heard it is a fake. But who really knows.

[@robertcalhoun3123]

@@Turtlehands The One Cent Magenta, Inside the quest to own the world's most valuable stamp, is great book on the history of the one cent magenta and a great look at inside baseball of the multimillion dollar stamp world