Statue of Liberty Forever stamp
| Statue of Liberty Forever stamp | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Country of production | USA |
| Date of production | December 1, 2010 |
| Commemorates | Statue of Liberty (New York) |
| Depicts | Statue of Liberty (Las Vegas) |
| Notability | Uses image of replica, not original, statue |
| Number 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 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. The error was identified by Sunipix, a stock photo agency in Texas. 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.[3]
References
- 1 2 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2011/06/13/linns-vegas-liberty-undetected-for-more-than-two-years/
- ↑ "Stamp design glitches? They’re a part of collecting history". Linns Stamp News. 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
- ↑ Rein, Lisa (3 December 2013). "Sculptor sues Postal Service over mistaken Lady Liberty stamp". Washington Post. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
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