Stamps
Stamps
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Apparently 1994 was a rough year for the Postal Service – it was then that they released a stamp to honor rodeo star Bill Pickett. Bill was in the 101 Ranch Wild West Show and toured with Buffalo Bill, Will Rogers and Tom Mix, among others, and his stamp was part of a “Legends of the West” series. The problem? The 20 million sheets of stamps that were shipped out for sale at post offices had the wrong guy on them. The stamp actually depicted Bill’s brother, Ben, who was noticeably more rotund than Bill. The Postal Service recalled the stamps and had them destroyed, but not before one post office accidentally sold three or four sheets before the official release date. To be fair, it was an honest mistake – the caption of the picture used to create the stamp was mislabeled. However, if you find one of these stamps, it’s not worth the chunk of change you might think. The Postal Service took 150,000 of the sheets with the errors on them and issued them by lottery, making them not quite as unique. They go for anywhere from $175 to $275 on the market today.