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Manuela López Restrepo

BIZARRE: Why a single inverted jenny stamp sold for 2 million at auction - What They Never Told You

An enlarged replica of a block of four rare United States airmail error stamps, known as the Inverted Jenny plate block. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

History, intrigue and a misprint combine so that a single stamp has sold for $2 million at auction.

What is it? Well, at the basic level, it is a U.S. postage stamp from 1918. But this stamp's got lore, baby.

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