Inverted Jenny Reissue (2013) - Scott #4806
A First Day Cover featuring the 2013 Inverted Jenny commemorative stamp (Scott #4806), a reproduction of the famous 1918 error stamp showing a Curtiss JN-4 biplane printed upside-down. This uncacheted cover bears a pictorial hand cancellation from Washington, DC dated September 22, 2013, reading 'INVERTED JENNY' and 'STAMP COLLECTING' with the First Day of Issue inscription. An important modern philatelic item celebrating one of stamp collecting's most legendary errors.
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This is a plain white envelope with no cachet artwork (uncacheted cover). The stamp is a reproduction of the famous 'Inverted Jenny' error stamp, showing a Curtiss JN-4 biplane printed upside-down within a red border frame, denominated at $2 and inscribed 'U.S. Postage.' The postmark is a large circular pictorial hand cancellation reading 'INVERTED JENNY' around the top, 'STAMP COLLECTING' along the bottom, with 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / SEPTEMBER 22, 2013 / WASHINGTON, DC 20066' in the center. The cover is in excellent, clean condition.
This First Day Cover features the 2013 commemorative stamp (Scott #4806), a reproduction of the famous 1918 'Inverted Jenny' error stamp, depicting a Curtiss JN-4 biplane printed upside-down in red with a blue frame, denominated '$2'. The postmark is a pictorial hand cancel with the text 'INVERTED JENNY' and 'STAMP COLLECTING', dated September 22, 2013, from Washington, DC. The cover is uncacheted, with no artist-designed artwork on the envelope. The condition appears clean and well-preserved.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)