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United States/Stamps : Upside down Jenny stolen in 1955 resurfaces !

 

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philb
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16 Apr 2016
09:06:48am

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Just saw in todays paper that an upside down Jenny stolen at a stamp show 60 years ago has re surfaced. A man in his 20's said his Grandfather acquired it. Should be interesting !
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16 Apr 2016
12:57:22pm
re: Upside down Jenny stolen in 1955 resurfaces !

I'm sure the FBI will be having an interesting meeting with him.

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16 Apr 2016
02:21:38pm

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re: Upside down Jenny stolen in 1955 resurfaces !

Well he was not around when it was taken...but proof of ownership should be interesting !

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16 Apr 2016
03:46:24pm
re: Upside down Jenny stolen in 1955 resurfaces !

Legally, the stamp belongs to APRL, no matter who has current physical possession of it.

It will be interesting to see who gets the reward money (or how the reward may get split up).

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philb
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16 Apr 2016
03:55:18pm

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re: Upside down Jenny stolen in 1955 resurfaces !

Did the APRL get an insurance settlement when it was stolen..? It could belong to the insurance company !

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16 Apr 2016
04:31:51pm
re: Upside down Jenny stolen in 1955 resurfaces !

Ethel McCoy (the legal owner of the block of 4 when it was stolen from the frame exhibit at the 1955 APS Convention) assigned the rights to the remaining unrecovered stamps to APRL (American Philatelic Research Library) in 1979.

After that, position 65 was recovered in 1982, and now position 76 has been recovered.

Of the original block of 4 that was stolen and subsequently broken up into singles, only position 66 remains missing. Position 75 was recovered in Chicago in 1958.

Therefore, after all the legal paperwork is finished, the recently recovered position 76 will officially belong to APRL.

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20 Apr 2016
12:07:50am
re: Upside down Jenny stolen in 1955 resurfaces !

The fascinating part of this, to me, is how did grandpa get that stamp? Was he involved in other nefarious dealings? Interesting story!

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20 Apr 2016
04:43:51pm
re: Upside down Jenny stolen in 1955 resurfaces !

There is a story in the "Jenny!" book about a collector who passed and they could not find his copy of the inverted Jenny. His family now believes that he stashed it in the pages of a book. All his books were sold off or donated, so someday, someone might be in for a big surprise while reading a good book.

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21 Apr 2016
11:56:58am
re: Upside down Jenny stolen in 1955 resurfaces !

I always fan the pages of books as they go out the door. Learned that lesson long ago as a child (when we had books).

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philb

16 Apr 2016
09:06:48am

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Just saw in todays paper that an upside down Jenny stolen at a stamp show 60 years ago has re surfaced. A man in his 20's said his Grandfather acquired it. Should be interesting !

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16 Apr 2016
12:57:22pm

re: Upside down Jenny stolen in 1955 resurfaces !

I'm sure the FBI will be having an interesting meeting with him.

David

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16 Apr 2016
02:21:38pm

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re: Upside down Jenny stolen in 1955 resurfaces !

Well he was not around when it was taken...but proof of ownership should be interesting !

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khj

16 Apr 2016
03:46:24pm

re: Upside down Jenny stolen in 1955 resurfaces !

Legally, the stamp belongs to APRL, no matter who has current physical possession of it.

It will be interesting to see who gets the reward money (or how the reward may get split up).

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philb

16 Apr 2016
03:55:18pm

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re: Upside down Jenny stolen in 1955 resurfaces !

Did the APRL get an insurance settlement when it was stolen..? It could belong to the insurance company !

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khj

16 Apr 2016
04:31:51pm

re: Upside down Jenny stolen in 1955 resurfaces !

Ethel McCoy (the legal owner of the block of 4 when it was stolen from the frame exhibit at the 1955 APS Convention) assigned the rights to the remaining unrecovered stamps to APRL (American Philatelic Research Library) in 1979.

After that, position 65 was recovered in 1982, and now position 76 has been recovered.

Of the original block of 4 that was stolen and subsequently broken up into singles, only position 66 remains missing. Position 75 was recovered in Chicago in 1958.

Therefore, after all the legal paperwork is finished, the recently recovered position 76 will officially belong to APRL.

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larsdog

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20 Apr 2016
12:07:50am

re: Upside down Jenny stolen in 1955 resurfaces !

The fascinating part of this, to me, is how did grandpa get that stamp? Was he involved in other nefarious dealings? Interesting story!

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seanpashby

20 Apr 2016
04:43:51pm

re: Upside down Jenny stolen in 1955 resurfaces !

There is a story in the "Jenny!" book about a collector who passed and they could not find his copy of the inverted Jenny. His family now believes that he stashed it in the pages of a book. All his books were sold off or donated, so someday, someone might be in for a big surprise while reading a good book.

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HungaryForStamps

21 Apr 2016
11:56:58am

re: Upside down Jenny stolen in 1955 resurfaces !

I always fan the pages of books as they go out the door. Learned that lesson long ago as a child (when we had books).

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