Ken Lawrence and Richard C. Celler made the New York Times today, August 18 2006, as they declare set of Grinnell’s Hawaiian Missionary stamps are not a forgery after all. Originally, in 1922, these stamps were declared forgeries. Potentially this new discovery, based on the cancel, could make the stamps worth as much as $10-million dollars. A great deal indeed, as they were originally sold for $65,000. To date, only about 200 of these stamps are certified.

To read up on this story, you can go to the New York Times article. Just another banner day in the news for Philately!