1904 Pictorial 4d Lake Taupo invert

Rare inverted New Zealand postage stamp 4d Taupo inverted centre Taupo invert.jpg 1904 Invert error 1 4d NZ$125,000Selling by Auction John Mowbrey International http://www.mowbraycollectables.co.nz/SITE_Default/SITE_mowbray_international/x-files/109429.pdf 2010-05-27 The 1904 Pictorial 4d Lake Taupo invert is an invert error on a postage and revenue stamp issued by New Zealand which is considered to be the country's rarest stamp. The centre vignette is inverted in relation to the outer frame. The stamp was discovered in a schoolboy album in 1930 and no other copy has been found since then. The 4d stamp depicts Lake Taupō in New Zealand's North Island. It was part of the first pictorial series originally issued in 1898 but reissued in different colours and sizes in 1899 and 1900.http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/new-zealand/1900/pictorials 1898 Pictorials New Zealand Post 2011-07-14 2011-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20110807073052/http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/new-zealand/1900/pictorials dead The same design was used for a 1d value issued in 1898. The sole example is postally used, postmarked Picton 1904.http://www.glenstephens.com/linnsJune8-98.html New Zealand Post buys invert for record $66,500 Glen Stephens 1998-06-08 2010-05-27 Previous owners Jack Dennett (the discoverer) Marquis De Rosny Robert W. Lyman New Zealand Post In 2010 NZ Post deposited the stamp in the New Zealand national museum Te Papa on a long term loan.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10645581 Rare stamp to be displayed New Zealand Herald 2010-05-17 2010-05-27 See also List of postage stamps References Category:Postage and revenue stamps Category:Philately of New Zealand Category:Postage stamp invert errors Category:1904 works Category:Unique postage stamps