A Washington clerk paid $24 for 100 new airmail stamps in 1918 and realized every airplane on the sheet was upside down — no other misprinted sheet ever reached the public, and one of those 24-cent stamps later sold for $2 million
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The clerk at the New York Avenue post office had never seen an aeroplane, which turned out to be a two million dollar blind spot.
Lunchtime, 14 May 1918. William Robey, a 29-year-old Washington clerk with a stamp habit, had walked over from his office hoping for exactly this. The new airmail issue had gone on sale the day before, timed to the first scheduled flights. Its design needed two colours, carmine rose for the frame and deep blue for the biplane, which meant every sheet went through the
Lunchtime, 14 May 1918. William Robey, a 29-year-old Washington clerk with a stamp habit, had walked over from his office hoping for exactly this. The new airmail issue had gone on sale the day before, timed to the first scheduled flights. Its design needed two colours, carmine rose for the frame and deep blue for the biplane, which meant every sheet went through the
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