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How the Inverted Jenny, a 24-Cent Stamp, Came to Be Worth a Fortune
Smithsonian During his lunch break on May 14, 1918, William T. Robey, a bank teller at Hibbs and Company in Washington D.C., traveled, as he often did, to the post office on New York Avenue. There, he hoped to purchase a new stamp celebrating the launch of the U.S … |
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