Editing Inverted Jenny (section)

==95th anniversary souvenir sheet==
On September 22, 2013, the [[United States Postal Service]] issued a [[souvenir sheet]] illustrating six examples of the inverted stamp denominated $2 instead of the original 24 cents.<ref>{{cite web |title=2013 New U.S. Stamp Issues |publisher=[[American Philatelic Society]] |date=9 September 2013 |url=http://stamps.org/userfiles/image/newissues/13-invertedjenny.jpg |access-date=2015-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002142/http://stamps.org/userfiles/image/newissues/13-invertedjenny.jpg |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  The sheets were sold at face value, $12 (the issue was sold only as souvenir sheets of six, and not as individual $2 stamps).  Various special packagings for collectors were also offered for a premium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2013/pr13_074.htm|title=Rarest Stamp Error in U.S. History, Inverted Jenny, Flies Again|website=about.usps.com}}</ref>

In addition to the 2.2 million sheets printed with the plane inverted, the Postal Service announced it also printed 100 "non-inverted Jenny" souvenir sheets, with the plane flying right side up. All sheets are individually wrapped in sealed envelopes to recreate the excitement of finding an Inverted Jenny when opening the envelope and to avoid the possibility of discovering a corrected Jenny prior to purchase. Individuals purchasing one of the 100 non-inverted Jenny sheets find a congratulatory note inside the wrapping asking them to call a phone number to receive a certificate of acknowledgement signed by [[United States Postmaster General|Postmaster General]] [[Patrick R. Donahoe|Patrick Donahoe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2013/pr13_079.htm|title=Postal Service Announces Very Limited Edition Stamps Circulated with Recent Issue of Famous 'Upside Down' Jenny Stamp|website=about.usps.com}}</ref> A non-inverted sheet purchased by Gail and David Robinson of Richmond, Virginia, was sold in June 2014 by Siegel Auctions "Rarities of the World" for $51,750, with the 15% buyer's premium.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rarities of the World Sale 1075: Upright Jenny Souvenir Sheet |work=Auction catalog |publisher=Robert Siegal Auction Gallaries |date=26 June 2014 |url=https://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/lots.php?year=2014&lot_name=Inverted%20Jenny%20%28C3a%29%20and%20Upright%20Jenny%20Souvenir%20Sheet&start_lot=1182&stop_lot=1183&sale_name=2014%20Rarities%20of%20the%20World&sale_no=1075&sale_date=Thursday,%20June%2026,%202014 |access-date=16 January 2015 }}</ref>

In 2015 the Postal Service's [[Inspector General]] called the issuing of a few right side up Jenny airmail sheets improper because regulations do not allow the deliberate creation and distribution of stamp errors.  The Service's general counsel was aware of the plan but formal approval by the legal department did not occur.  It was also found that the Service's stamp fulfillment center in [[Missouri]] had accidentally failed to distribute 23 of the 30 sheets it was supposed to randomly mix in with orders (the other 70 went to local post offices).  Thus not even the promised 100 were made available to the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2015/07/21/usps-botched-plan-to-make-money-off-the-most-famous-stamp-error-in-history-watchdog-says/|title=Postal Service's reprinting of famous stamp error broke agency rules|first=Lisa|last=Rein|date=21 July 2015|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref>