Editing Inverted Swan (section)

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{{Infobox postage stamp
|  common_name            = Inverted Swan 
|  image                  =Inverted Black Swan SLNSW.jpg
|  country_of_production  = [[Western Australia]] 
|  location_of_production = Perth 
|  date_of_production     = January 1855 
|  nature_of_rarity       = [[Invert error]] 
|  number_in_existence    = 15 + a partial 
|  face_value             = 4-pence 
|  estimated_value        = [[United States dollar|US$37,500 – US$80,000]]
|}}

The '''Inverted Swan''', a 4-pence blue postage stamp issued in 1855 by [[Western Australia]], was one of the world's first [[invert error]]s.  Technically, it is the frame that is inverted, not the image of the swan, but it has become commonly known as the Inverted Swan.<ref name="Rare Stamps 1927 p. 3">Rare Stamps (15 March 1927). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 – 1947), p. 3 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION).</ref>

In 1854, Western Australia issued its first stamps, featuring the colony's symbol, the [[black swan]], as did all WA stamps until 1902. While the 1d black was engraved in Great Britain by [[Perkins Bacon]], other values, including the 4d blue, were produced by [[Horace Samson]] in Perth using [[lithography]], and with different frames around the swan design for each value.