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Rare, Costly Stamp Suspected to Be on Absentee Ballot in Florida
Saturday, November 11, 2006
‘Inverted Jenny’ stamp
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — An absentee ballot was mailed with what may have been a rare stamp worth as much as $200,000 — the famous Inverted Jenny — but the envelope is in a box that by law can’t be opened.
Broward County Commissioner John Rodstrom discovered the stamp while reviewing absentee ballots. There was no name on the envelope, so the vote didn’t count.
What looked like a small stamp collection on one envelope caught Rodstrom’s eye about 8 p.m. Tuesday. At least one was from 1936, Rodstrom said. Then he noticed one had an upside-down World War I-era airplane — the hallmark of an Inverted Jenny.
“I was a stamp collector when I was little,” Rodstrom told The Miami Herald. “I recognized it.”
Rodstrom discussed the stamp with other members of the canvassing board, and a stamp-collecting Broward County sheriff’s deputy overheard them talking about the possible Jenny.
He said the stamp would be very valuable if it was real. But it was too late.
“By that time we had already sealed the box. And once you seal the box, under the election law you can’t unseal it,” Broward County Court Judge Eric Beller said.