Don Sundman and Charles Shreve exchange stamps on November 2, 2005. The Greatest Trade in Philatelic History One-for-one Exchange of the 1868 1¢ Z Grill for the 1918 Jenny Invert Plate-Number Block The following article was written by Matthew Healey. It was published in the November 21, 2005 issue of Linn’s Stamp News and is reprinted here with permission. Less than two weeks after anonymously bidding nearly $3 million at public auction for the famed US Jenny Invert Plate-Number Block, the new owner identified himself and traded the stamps away November 2. Bill Gross, well-known bond fund manager and collector of classic US stamps, swapped the unique plate block of the 1918 24¢ airmail error with Donald Sundman, president of Mystic Stamp Company, in return for Sundman’s 1868 1¢ Z Grill stamp – the one stamp Gross needed to finish the most complete collection of classic 19th-century US stamps ever assembled. The historic trade took place at the New York City offices of Shreves Mystic Stamp Company President Donald Sundman and brother Dave, President of Philatelic Galleries. Littleton Coin Company, with the Jenny Invert Plate-Number Block. Charles Shreve, president of Shreves Philatelic Galleries, represented Gross. 3
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