A printing error and the fact that only one is known to be in existence will undoubtedly excite the world’s philatelists when the stamp goes on sale.
The Taupo invert. Courtesy of NZ Post
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One of New Zealand’s, if not the world’s, rarest stamps is to be sold at auction in September.
Called the Taupō Invert, it would have been one of a sheet of 80 that were printed off and then found to have an error: the centre was inverted.
Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.
