Statue of Liberty Forever stamp
| Statue of Liberty Forever stamp | |
|---|---|
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| Country of production | USA |
| Date of production | December 1, 2010 |
| Commemorates | Statue of Liberty (New York City) |
| Depicts | Statue of Liberty (Las Vegas) |
| Notability | Uses image of replica, not original, statue |
| No. in existence | 10.5 billion |
| Estimated value | Negligible |
The United States Post Office issued the Statue of Liberty Forever stamp on December 1, 2010.[1] The stamp shows the replica of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) located at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip rather than the original Statue of Liberty in New York.[2] The error was not noticed until March 2011.[3][4] The error was identified by Sunipix, a stock photo agency in Texas.[5] Ten and a half billion of the error stamps were produced.[1] The mistake is the largest run of an error on a postage stamp.
In 2013, sculptor Robert S. Davidson sued the Postal Service for copyright infringement[6] and in July 2018, a judge ordered the United States Postal Service to pay Davidson $3.5 million.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Linn's: Vegas Liberty undetected for more than two years". postalnews.com. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Stamp design glitches? They're a part of collecting history". Linns Stamp News. 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
- ^ Bigalke, Jay (April 2011). "Statue of Liberty on U.S. stamp is a replica standing outside Las Vegas hotel and casino". Scott Stamp Monthly. Linns.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ Severson, Kim; Healey, Matthew (14 April 2011). "This Lady Liberty Is a Las Vegas Teenager". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ McAllister, Bill (26 March 2018). "U.S. Postal Service lawyers urge judge to reject Lady Liberty stamp claim". Linn's Stamp News. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ Rein, Lisa (3 December 2013). "Sculptor sues Postal Service over mistaken Lady Liberty stamp". Washington Post. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ "Wrong Lady Liberty on Stamp to Cost US Postal Service $3.5M". U.S. News & World Report. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
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