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<p>[QUOTE="Collecting Nut, post: 3608682, member: 74863"]In the 1950's the US Postal Service accidentally made a stamp error. As we know from printing paper Dollars there are several prints made in order to print the entire bill. The same is true with stamps. Several different plates are used. In the stamp error I am referring to one of the plates was printed backwards. This left two white streaks through the stamp from top to bottom.</p><p><br /></p><p>The white streaks were supposed to be buildings and the entire stamp had a yellow background. This created an error. Once word of this got out a frenzy was created. In order to control the situation the Postal Service deliberately printed tens of millions of this thing up with the white streaks. This was done intentionally, thereby making the original error worthless. </p><p><br /></p><p>The only way to prove you had an original error was to have it canceled with the postmark. To this date all of the stamps are considered intentional errors and are only worth the value printed on the stamp.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well it might be a nice idea to have the US Mint mint an intentional error on a coin it would render the coin at face value only. The Postal Service, the US Mint in the BEP do not like to be associated with errors. They are all parts of the government and as we all know the government does not make mistakes, intentional or otherwise.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collecting Nut, post: 3608682, member: 74863"]In the 1950's the US Postal Service accidentally made a stamp error. As we know from printing paper Dollars there are several prints made in order to print the entire bill. The same is true with stamps. Several different plates are used. In the stamp error I am referring to one of the plates was printed backwards. This left two white streaks through the stamp from top to bottom. The white streaks were supposed to be buildings and the entire stamp had a yellow background. This created an error. Once word of this got out a frenzy was created. In order to control the situation the Postal Service deliberately printed tens of millions of this thing up with the white streaks. This was done intentionally, thereby making the original error worthless. The only way to prove you had an original error was to have it canceled with the postmark. To this date all of the stamps are considered intentional errors and are only worth the value printed on the stamp. Well it might be a nice idea to have the US Mint mint an intentional error on a coin it would render the coin at face value only. The Postal Service, the US Mint in the BEP do not like to be associated with errors. They are all parts of the government and as we all know the government does not make mistakes, intentional or otherwise.[/QUOTE]
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