He Owns World Famous Stamps and a Prized Coin. Now Heâs Selling.
Stuart Weitzman, who made his fortune in shoes, is parting with three of his collecting triumphs, including a block of four âInverted Jennies.â
This block of four extremely rare “Inverted Jennies” was created more than a century ago by a printing error that left the image of the plane upside down. It is to be sold at auction in New York in June.Credit.via Sotheby’s
March 10, 2021
On the day in 1918 when the Postal Service began selling stamps with an image of a newfangled airplane, a 29-year-old stockbrokerâs clerk and stamp collector went out on his lunch hour to buy some. He emerged from the nearest post office with a single sheet of 100.