Advanced Photoshop Pictures Contest - 20 image entries Contest Directions:
[ Flori-duh voters strike again. An absentee ballot was mailed with
a rare stamp worth as much as $200,000 - the famous
"Inverted Jenny" - but the vote did not count as there was no name on
the envelope. ]
In a related story, famous stamp collector from Florida misses one of
his most valued stamps after he asked his wife to mail an absentee
ballot. Election after election, Florida voters just keep getting
confused about this voting thing, but you can't blame them - it takes
time for half a million Cubans to Americanize.
In this contest you are asked to make stamps depicting any person or event in the past 20 years (till today). The stamps will have to have some error or
imperfection (design error, print error, spelling error, etc.) which
will make these stamps a rarity in the years to come. Giving the
stamps an old worn-out look is a plus.
[ browse best gallery pictures ] Tags: wrongstamps Jackpot: 1st place: $20, 2nd place: $12 , 3rd place: $8 Started: 11/12/2006 6:00:00 AM, Ended: 11/14/2006 6:00:00 AM
This contest is fueled by the following news:
During the recent elections in the United States, an absentee ballot was mailed into the Broward County, Florida, election office -- using a very rare stamp. The stamp may be worth as much as $200,000 (although the face value of the stamp is 24 cents). Broward County Commissioner John Rodstrom was the person who noticed the stamp initially. There was no name or return address on the envelope containing the pricy postage. The stamp is known as the "Inverted Jenny" because it was printed in error with a World War I era plane being included on the stamp ... up side down. Because the stamp was used to mail the ballot, it was cancelled ... which will reduce its value. The stamp now likely will sell for somewhere between $20,000 and $100,000 rather than $200,000. There are only 100 such stamps in stamp collections anywhere else in the world.
To celebrate the Bicentennial of "The Corps of Discovery" expedition, the US Postal Service issued this commemorative stamp in 2003. Lewis & Clark would be so proud.
After finally coming to a peaceful result with Cuba, The States honour him with a stamp displaying their true intentions - which in time is labelled a typo!
1987 was a very important year in the history of M&M'S, as red was returned to the traditional color mix — due to overwhelming request from consumers. A US Postage Stamp was authorized, but the wrong dye color for red was used.
The Soviet Union went out of business shortly after this stamp was released, never quite making it to its 70th anniversary. Full view is helpful. source image
The Government Printing office only ever ran a single press-run of this stamp, producing 20,000 copies. 19,999 of them were promptly destroyed.
There was a typographical error in the price, printed as 69 instead of 39 cents. Also, the photographer never noticed the black beret visible in the bottom of the image. And although the stamp was slated for production with the new self-adhesive backing, it was inexplicably manufactured with the old-fashioned lick adhesive, requiring a sender to leave a trace of his DNA on every piece mailed.
Many citizens were confused when this stamp was issued because most cornbread white Americans had no idea who 50¢ was. The stamp was a big hit in New York City and Compton, Ca.
With the Clinton commemorative stamp, some wise guy in the printing press got away with sending out thousands of this version before it was caught and the spelling error corrected...
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