Expert told woman $65k stamp wasn’t worth anything then ran away with it
An expert told a woman her $65,000 stamp was worthless – then ran away with it, she claims.
Jennifer Hall said her grandmother handed down the George Washington two-cent stamp which was part of a family heirloom collection.
She learned that the stamp was over 80-years-old and similar stamps sold for $65,000.
Hall told Fox 31: ‘I got really excited.’
She took the stamp collection to the Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library in Denver, Colorado, a respected stamp library where she hoped to get it appraised.
A man named John greeted her and told her that her stamp collection was worthless – then picked up the George Washington two-cent stamp and walked away.
Hall said: ‘He said, “I’ll just throw this one away because it’s not worth anything.”‘
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Police are searching for the man, but without the actual stamp, its value cannot be determined in regards to how authorities approach the case.
The Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library said they have fired the man and have not commented on the case, although they said they are cooperating with police.