New (Un-) Inverted Jenny stamps

The 'Inverted Jenny' is one of the most famous stamps, and let's be honest, who wouldn't want this special stamp in their collection? From now on, this is possible, as United States Post is issuing brand-new Inverted Jennys to commemorate this extremely rare airmail stamp from 1918.The story behind the misprint In the early 20th century, United States Post experimented with transporting mail by airplane, which resulted in the introduction of an airmail service in 1918 that transported mail on a regular basis. The rates for items transported by air were 24 cents, which was considerably higher than the 3 cents applicable to regular mail. A new stamp had to be printed for this. This stamp was produced in great haste; the time between the engraving and the final printing of the stamp appears to have been only six days. Because the stamp was printed in two colors, the stamp sheet had to go through the press twice to apply the individual colors. This did not go entirely well on at least one sheet, as the image of the small airplane, a Curtiss JN-4 (Curtiss Jenny), was printed upside down relative to the frame. The new stamp sheet The stamps on the stamp sheet have a face value of $2. The stamps are therefore clearly distinguishable from the original stamps from 1918 with a value of $0.24. The illustration surrounding the stamps shows the following: The National Postal Museum in Washington, DC, and the route of the first airmail flight between Washington, Philadelphia, and New York. In the lower left corner, aviation pioneer Rueben H. Fleet is depicted, who led the first group of airmail pilots. Issue date: September 22, 2013, mintage of 2,2 million sheets. Un-Inverted Jenny It has now become known that a total of 100 sheets of this new edition of the 2 dollar stamp have been issued, in which the center of the upside-down Jenny is correctly placed. Intentional issuance Postmaster Patrick R. Donahoe's idea to deliberately turn this misprint into a misprint is remarkable, especially since there was already speculation about its very high value upon its initial discovery. And now, one of these sheets was sold in January for $25.000. Right Side Up Jenny Stamps package leaflet, to report the find to USPS Find by a collector On March 13, Michael Generali purchased the last twenty sheets of the Inverted Jenny at the McNeil Post Office in Austin, Texas. Upon arriving home, he found the Un-inverted Jenny in the final souvenir package. “This is the most exciting find of my life, and I have been collecting since 1962.” He contacted Postal Service headquarters using the phone number listed on the cardboard insert and was told that his find was the eighth reported specimen known to the US Postal Service at that time. The sheet of six $2 stamps featuring the Un-inverted Jenny.  Quest To date, only 15 sheets are known, so there are still eighty-five sheets to be discovered. Because the sheets are in souvenir packaging and individually wrapped, they are unrecognizable from the outside. The distribution is also diverse, with this sheet appearing in Texas, Illinois, Georgia, New York, and Canada, in addition to the appearance of this sheet. The second reported sheet was found in California by collector Fred Everett, ordered from the philatelic department of the US Postal Service. Certificate from Patrick R. Donahoe for the second reported specimen.