Inverted Jenny stamp block

E176265
collectible philatelic error postage stamp block

The Inverted Jenny stamp block is a famously misprinted 1918 U.S. airmail stamp sheet segment depicting an upside-down biplane, considered one of the most iconic and valuable philatelic errors in the world.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Inverted Jenny error sheet 1
Inverted Jenny stamp 1
Inverted Jenny stamp block canonical 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf collectible ⓘ
philatelic error ⓘ
postage stamp block ⓘ
associatedWith Post Office Department ⓘ
surface form: United States Post Office Department

World War I era ⓘ
catalogCode Scott C3a (block format) ⓘ
collectibleCategory classic U.S. airmail ⓘ
color red and blue ⓘ
conditionImportance centering and gum significantly affect value ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance symbol of stamp collecting to the general public ⓘ
denomination 24-cent ⓘ
depicts Curtiss JN-4 biplane ⓘ
upside-down airplane ⓘ
designOrientationError airplane printed upside down relative to frame ⓘ
field philately ⓘ
hasFaceValue 24 cents ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasPart Inverted Jenny stamp block self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Inverted Jenny stamp
isSubsetOf Inverted Jenny stamp block self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Inverted Jenny error sheet
issueYear 1918 ⓘ
marketStatus high-value auction item ⓘ
material paper ⓘ
notability iconic U.S. philatelic item ⓘ
one of the most famous stamp errors in the world ⓘ
printingErrorType inverted center ⓘ
printingMethod intaglio ⓘ
rarityStatus extremely rare ⓘ
stampSeries United States Postal Service ⓘ
surface form: U.S. airmail
usedFor airmail postage ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Postal Museum → hasNotableCollection → Inverted Jenny stamp block ⓘ
Inverted Jenny stamp block → hasPart → Inverted Jenny stamp block self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inverted Jenny stamp
Inverted Jenny stamp block → isSubsetOf → Inverted Jenny stamp block self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inverted Jenny error sheet