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The listing, Lot of THREE Blocks of U.S. Stamps has ended.

Lot of THREE blocks of U.S. Stamps. Two are used. The Tennessee stamps have NOT been used!

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Questions & Comments

That black/brown/yellow block of stamps is one of the more interesting stamps of our life times!
That's the Dag Hammarskjöld (4-cent) "invert" error of the issue of October 23, 1962, showing the yellow background printed upside-down relative to the image and text.
It was called "Day's Folly" after Postmaster General J. Edward Day who ordered the intentional reprinting once the error was discovered. (Party Pooper!)
He created a special reprinting (November 16th) of the error to prevent causing a "rarity" and thus people from profiting from the U.S. Postal Service.
About 40 million of the "invert" were printed versus the 120 million of the normal ones.
So, they are still a bit more rare than the normal one.
This "invert" is listed as Scott #1204.
[The "normal" stamp is Scott #1203]

Just thought somebody out there might like to know about that....

Apr 3rd, 2011 at 7:31:35 AM PDT by

Interesting! Good info! I have 4 or 5 of these blocks, so I'll have to look carefully at the others. Thanks very much!

Apr 3rd, 2011 at 9:50:40 AM PDT by

I have a bunch of both the inverted and normal, but not a block of the inverted. Nice Postal history lesson from Whitefoote!

Apr 4th, 2011 at 1:06:40 PM PDT by

Yeah....his knowledge is limitless!

Apr 4th, 2011 at 3:21:41 PM PDT by

Hey, if it promotes some interest, I like sharing all that stuff.
But, if you guys prefer, I'll can just drop by and say "Nice", or something equally simple." I'll leave that up to you to tell me to stop or not, okay?

I wish I had limitless credits -- I'm frequently being out-bid by Doodlebug and SnailMailGalPla!

Apr 5th, 2011 at 11:07:16 AM PDT by

Hey, I like your comments. They not only generate interest, but they are also ACTUAL comments.....instead of "nice", "cool', or...the thing that irritates me the most..."fanned you...fan me back". That REALLY, REALLY bugs me! It has NOTHING to do with a question or comment...or anything else, for that matter. This sudden "fanning" business is ridiculous. I think a fan should be EARNED with good items listed, good service and quick shipping. I think I have around 500 fans....and I've NEVER asked anyone to fan me. I don't know how this "fan me" junk got started, but I'm not going to play the game any more.

Apr 5th, 2011 at 5:54:20 PM PDT by

I prefer Whitefoote to continue to promote some interest! Whitefoote is like the Listia Stamp Librarian!!! Doodle outbids me a LOT too, lolol....

Apr 5th, 2011 at 2:48:11 PM PDT by

His stamp knowledge is incredible!

Apr 5th, 2011 at 5:56:24 PM PDT by

Lot of THREE Blocks of U.S. Stamps is in the Collectibles | Stamps category