So What Kind of Mount does the Inverted Jenny Have???

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So What Kind of Mount does the Inverted Jenny Have??? Feb 19, 2022 17:06:26 GMT -5 coastwatcher likes this

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Post by Phil on Feb 19, 2022 17:06:26 GMT -5

So I'm looking at a picture at the Inverted Jenny and I noticed it appeared to be in a mount. So I couldn't help but wonder "What kind of mount does a famous stamp like the Inverted Jenny use?"
Does anybody know? Is it Showguard? Hawid? Scott? Crystal??

You would thing whoever it is they'd make a bit more of a marketing thing about it?

And yeah ..... I could Google it, but it's a whole lot funner to just ask here.

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coastwatcher Gone But Not Forgotten Posts: 1,447 Location (Country): Southeastern Kentucky, USA	So What Kind of Mount does the Inverted Jenny Have??? Feb 19, 2022 18:59:42 GMT -5 Phil and khj like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by coastwatcher on Feb 19, 2022 18:59:42 GMT -5 It’s in a Crystal Mount of course!
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khj Administrator Stamp Bears Supporter Posts: 9,892 Location (Country): USA	So What Kind of Mount does the Inverted Jenny Have??? Feb 19, 2022 19:07:53 GMT -5 Phil and coastwatcher like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by khj on Feb 19, 2022 19:07:53 GMT -5 I'm sure they wished Dupont would have stored the 1c Magenta in a Crystal Mount while he was owner!

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So What Kind of Mount does the Inverted Jenny Have??? Feb 20, 2022 12:29:29 GMT -5 Phil and I.M. DeBear like this

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Feb 19, 2022 19:07:53 GMT -5 khj said:

I'm sure they wished Dupont would have stored the 1c Magenta in a Crystal Mount while he was owner!

If he did that's probably why it looks like a piece of crap. Those Harris crystal mounts are probably the worst mounts ever made.

I pulled pages of stamps out of bankers boxes that had those mounts and half the stamps were either stuck to the mount or gum disturbed I assume from humidity and sweating. And if the stamp was a tight fit then the mound shrunk and took the stamp with it.

Terrible mounts. If you are going to use mounts use something like Hawid or something similar.

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So What Kind of Mount does the Inverted Jenny Have??? Feb 24, 2022 2:48:45 GMT -5 I.M. DeBear likes this

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Post by coastwatcher on Feb 24, 2022 2:48:45 GMT -5

I.M. DeBear , You mean someone like Stuart Weitzman?

On October 19, 2019, Weitzman prepares to desecrate the British Guiana 1c Magenta by drawing a shoe on the back of it and initialing it at a ceremony at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, with the help of Don Sundman (Mystic Stamp Company) no less. You would think that Sundman and the NPM would want absolutely no part of this.

The damage:

YouTube video of the desecration

YouTube desecration video Part 2

Last Edit: Feb 24, 2022 5:05:47 GMT -5 by coastwatcher

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So What Kind of Mount does the Inverted Jenny Have??? Feb 24, 2022 9:03:22 GMT -5 coastwatcher likes this

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Post by stampie78 on Feb 24, 2022 9:03:22 GMT -5

Feb 24, 2022 1:09:41 GMT -5 I.M. DeBear said:

Do they make one that can't be opened, to protect the stamp from irresponsible grafitti artists masquerading as philatelists?

There was one years ago. I think it was called Marlate. Black paper backing with plastic front that was folded over on 3 sides.

Put the stamp in the top and fold over the top side thereby sealing it for eternity. The problem was since stamps need air and this thing

was sealed tight, the whole thing over time would wrinkle and very effectively destroy the stamp. I have a box of mounts somewhere. If I can find one of these I will post it here.

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So What Kind of Mount does the Inverted Jenny Have??? Feb 24, 2022 12:02:44 GMT -5 coastwatcher likes this

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Post by stampie78 on Feb 24, 2022 12:02:44 GMT -5

Feb 24, 2022 2:48:45 GMT -5 coastwatcher said:

I.M. DeBear , You mean someone like Stuart Weitzman?

On October 19, 2019, Weitzman prepares to desecrate the British Guiana 1c Magenta by drawing a shoe on the back of it and initialing it at a ceremony at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, with the help of Don Sundman (Mystic Stamp Company) no less. You would think that Sundman and the NPM would want absolutely no part of this.

The damage:

YouTube video of the desecration

YouTube desecration video Part 2

Unless I'm missing something here, I think this is a classic case of more money than brains. affraid1

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So What Kind of Mount does the Inverted Jenny Have??? Feb 24, 2022 14:54:20 GMT -5 stampie78 and I.M. DeBear like this

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Post by coastwatcher on Feb 24, 2022 14:54:20 GMT -5

youpiao , Good point! Anyone who would further damage an already heavily damaged rare and iconic stamp has to have more money than sense, even if they only have a dime to their name! Seriously, a lot of philatelists get highly upset if you lightly write the catalog number on the back of a $10 stamp using a pencil, let alone drawing a shoe 👠 on the back of a $10 million stamp in ink! 1662019374

No doubt, apart from a lack of good old-fasioned common sense, ego was also definitely at play here. On a side note, if I’m not mistaken, Stanley Gibbons has already announced that they won’t be following the archaic trend of putting their mark on the back of the 1c Magenta. Good for them! 631737971

Last Edit: Feb 24, 2022 14:59:50 GMT -5 by coastwatcher

“The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow.” ~ Gracie Allen

“What should I do? I think the best thing is to order a stamp with my face on it.“ - Charles, Emperor of Austria (1882-1922) on learning of his accession to the throne

APS #230539

So What Kind of Mount does the Inverted Jenny Have???

Post by Phil on Feb 19, 2022 17:06:26 GMT -5

Post by coastwatcher on Feb 19, 2022 18:59:42 GMT -5

Post by khj on Feb 19, 2022 19:07:53 GMT -5

Post by stampie78 on Feb 20, 2022 12:29:29 GMT -5

Post by I.M. DeBear on Feb 24, 2022 1:09:41 GMT -5

Post by coastwatcher on Feb 24, 2022 2:48:45 GMT -5

Post by stampie78 on Feb 24, 2022 9:03:22 GMT -5

Post by stampie78 on Feb 24, 2022 12:02:44 GMT -5

Post by coastwatcher on Feb 24, 2022 14:54:20 GMT -5

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