'Jenny' Stamp on Ballot Is Likely a Fake

Nov 15, 2006

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A stamp thought to be rare and valuable that was used to mail an absentee ballot now appears to be a fake, an expert said Tuesday.

The stamp thought to be the famous Inverted Jenny stamp was discovered as Broward County officials reviewed absentee ballots for the Nov. 7 elections. An official noticed the stamp was from 1936 and had an upside-down World War I-era airplane — the hallmark of an Inverted Jenny.

Broward elections officials on Monday showed the stamp to reporters and photographers before putting it back into a safe deposit box, said Mary Cooney, the elections office spokeswoman. Images were sent to stamp experts.

Peter Mastrangelo, director of the American Philatelic Society, said after reviewing a digital photo that the stamp appeared to be counterfeit.

A true Inverted Jenny could have been worth as much as $300,000, Mastrangelo said.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Rare_Stamp.html

Makes you think that maybe someone did this on purpose, just to create a fuss.