History, intrigue and a misprint combine so that a single stamp has sold for $2 million at auction. What is it? Well, at the basic level, it is a U.S. postage stamp from 1918. But this stamp's got ...

SCOTT TREPEL: Well, the stamp that we sold for $2 million is the Inverted Jenny, and it is the icon of stamp collecting. CHANG: That is Scott Trepel, president of Siegel Auction Galleries in New York.

That stamp, known to philatelists as the Inverted Jenny, has transcended the hobby and gained a measure of fame. And the other day, one of them, originally priced at 24 cents, sold for more than ...

An ultra-rare stamp depicting an inverted Jenny airplane has been sold for a record $2 million at a New York auction, making it the most expensive U.S. stamp ever sold. A 76-year-old New York man ...

On Wednesday, Hack, 76, spent just over $2 million to buy the stamp that was so far out of his reach when he was a child. The Inverted Jenny was a misprint of a stamp created in 1918 to ...

News; UK News; Museums; UK's rarest stamp that 'shouldn't exist' being sold for whopping £650k The Plate 77 Penny Red was printed in 1864 and just nine examples of the stamp still exist - with ...