Error stamp makes good at late-April Holabird auction

U.S. one-cent stamp commemorating the Pan American Exposition of 1901, with an inverted center, $5,500
U.S. one-cent stamp commemorating the Pan American Exposition of 1901, with an inverted center, $5,500
U.S. one-cent stamp commemorating the Pan American Exposition of 1901, with an inverted center, $5,500

RENO, Nev. – A U.S. one-cent stamp commemorating the Pan American Exposition of 1901 with an inverted center – an error stamp and one of the great philatelic rarities – sold for $5,500 at Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC’s four-day Western Americana Auction held April 21 through April 24.

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