Are Stamps Licked?-- Part 4: Titanic Souvenir

Some other stamps on dispplay:

**  Patriot names.  AS the declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776, a letter made its way to that document's most famous signatory, John Hancock.  It was addressed to "The Hon. John Hancock Esq. In Philadelphia.  (What, no Zip Code?)

**  A famous mistake.  A rare 1918 misprint celebrating the first airmail flight shows an upside down JN-4 airplane, or Jenny"; a single "inverted Jenny" sold in 2007 for nearly $1 million.    The museum has a set of 4.

**  (Fe)Mail Milestones.  On her historic solo flight across the Atlantic in 1932, Amelia Earhart carried mail postmarked before and after landing.  This one was stamped Trans-Atlantic Non-Stop  Solo-Flight  First Aviatrix  Amelia Earhart Flight  Newfoundland-Ireland May 20-1932- May 21 and was addressed to Bernt Balchen, Hasbrouch Heights, New Jersey.

**  Shipwreck souvenir.  Before an iceberg sunk the grand Titanic in 1912, one of its first-class passengers mailed a letter written on the ship's stationery.  It says White Star Line and shows the company's flag.  It was addressed to M.W. Defmeyer S A 36  Berlin Germany.

--Cootstamper.

Are Stamps Licked?-- Part 2 The New Smithsonian William H. Gross Stamp Gallery

Inside are 20,000 stamps, including examples from every single country that has ever had them, including some like Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) which no longer exist.  There is also the only letter ever postmarked from the moon and one sent to John Hancock on July 4, 1776.

Also, there is a letter recovered by settlers after Indians captured the Pony Express rider carrying it.

Of course, there is a block of "inverted Jenny" stamps, like a set that sold for nearly $3 million,  which feature an upside down airplane.  It became one of the most famous ever U.S. stamps after a 1918 misprint and quick recall.

Lick Me.  --Cooter

What's Upside-Down and Worth $825,000?

It also is worth $977,000. One sold for that price last month.

This is the famous upside-down 1918 Jenny biplane, one of the most sought-after stamps of those who call themselves collectors of stamps or philatelists. There are only one hundred of these stamps in existence.

The "Inverted Jenny" actually a Curtiss JN-4 biplane was sold to a Wall Street Executive who wants to remain anonymous.

Too Expensive for Me. -- The Old Coot