John Gilinsky Posted 29 December , 2007 Share Posted 29 December , 2007 A couple of days ago a DH 4 upside down (error printed) USA stamp (red coloured) went for over 825,000 US in I think New York City at an auction. That would probably have been enough in 1918 to build a plant and employ about 100 men and women for 6 months at least in 1918 building the Jennies! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 30 December , 2007 Share Posted 30 December , 2007 John I think that you'll find that the aeroplane on the stamp is a Curtiss JN-4 'Jenny' not an Airco (de Havilland) DH 4, known as the DH-4 in US service. Cheers Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 30 December , 2007 Share Posted 30 December , 2007 If pilots all those years ago had known that flying upside down could make them worth a sum like that, I'm sure they would have flown inverted all the time ... Do we have a photograph of this remarkable stamp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 30 December , 2007 Share Posted 30 December , 2007 Do we have a photograph of this remarkable stamp? Here's what I found. It's a bit small, but it does depict an inverted Curtiss JN-4. Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilinsky Posted 30 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 30 December , 2007 If pilots all those years ago had known that flying upside down could make them worth a sum like that, I'm sure they would have flown inverted all the time ... Do we have a photograph of this remarkable stamp? Shsh! Do you want pilots who are GWF members or who fly commercially and know about the GWF to start copying this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilinsky Posted 30 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 30 December , 2007 Gareth from down under: Sorry about that but I guess for a non-plane guy I did okay. Interestingly enough Americans in early 1918 were begging Canada's (read British) Imperial Munitions Board Canada to manage airplane factories in upper New York State (near Buffalo) due to the established experience of Canadian airplane manufacturers by this time. John P.S.: Too bad they could not have copied the dull Canadian stamps of the time eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drover Posted 30 December , 2007 Share Posted 30 December , 2007 Pals You have just over 24 hours to win your very own copy of this stamp at http://www.stampwants.com/index.php I'm not involved with this site or competition in any way and entry is free. Good luck! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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