{"id":4547,"date":"2012-05-29T18:03:11","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T18:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/million-dollar-misprinted-stamp-to-be-showcased\/"},"modified":"2012-05-29T18:03:11","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T18:03:11","slug":"million-dollar-misprinted-stamp-to-be-showcased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/million-dollar-misprinted-stamp-to-be-showcased","title":{"rendered":"Million Dollar Misprinted Stamp to be Showcased"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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One of the finest known misprinted stamps, the 1918 24-cent airmail postage stamp with the famous “Inverted Jenny,” is valued today at $1 million and will be displayed for the first time in Southern California at the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo May 31 through June 2. The three-day show will be open to the public at the Long Beach, California Convention Center, 100 S. Pine Ave.<\/p>\n

It will be one of the highlights of a multi-million dollar exhibit of historic collectibles including a $3 million 1907 gold coin some researchers believe was owned by President Teddy Roosevelt, and over $300,000 of Babe Ruth memorabilia.<\/p>\n

The “Inverted Jenny” is from the original sheet of 100 misprinted stamps purchased for the face value of $24 at a post office in Washington, DC on May 14, 1918. It is the finest known surviving example with the mistakenly upside-down biplane, and will be displayed courtesy of Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries of New York.<\/p>\n

The 1907-dated U.S. $10 denomination gold coin is one of only about 50 known with a “rolled edge,” and this particular coin is the finest known surviving example and valued at $3 million, according to Ronald J. Gillio, Expo General Manager. It will be displayed for the first time in Southern California by Monaco Rare Coins of Newport Beach.<\/p>\n

There will be an exhibit by Memory Lane, Inc. of Tustin, California of 18 Babe Ruth items with a combined value of $314,000. The display will include a rare 1915 Sporting News baseball card; vintage photographs; a Ruth-autographed baseball; a paycheck to Ruth; a letter signed twice by Ruth; and a baseball bat signed by Ruth. <\/p>\n

The Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo will be open Thursday and Friday, May 31 and June 1, from 10 am to 7 pm, and Saturday, June 2, from 10 am to 5 pm.  Public admission is $8 (good for all three days); $6 for members of any coin or stamp club; $4 for seniors 65 and older and for children ages 8 to 16. A discount coupon is available online at www.LongBeachExpo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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One of the finest known misprinted stamps, the 1918 24-cent airmail postage stamp with the famous “Inverted Jenny,” is valued today at $1 million and will be displayed for the first time in Southern California at the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo May 31 through June 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":69662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4547"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=4547"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}