A document said to be the flawed original version of former US President John F Kennedy’s death certificate is up for sale, 43 years after a mistake helped make it void.

The certificate was pulled from the Internet auction site eBay this week after not finding a buyer.

The document mistakenly lists Kennedy’s address as “600 Pennsylvania Ave” - not 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, better known as the White House. The certificate also omits Kennedy’s Social Security number, another error that forced the certificate to be amended.

Don McElroy, a funeral home worker who helped load Kennedy’s casket into the hearse at Dallas Parkland Hospital, believes he has the only unaltered death certificate from the November 22, 1963, assassination.

McElroy said he kept the flawed certificate after his boss tried throwing it out. Auctioneers put its worth between USD 80,000 and USD 120,000.

“I never thought it would be valuable,” said McElroy.

The Worldwide Group Auctioneers pulled the certificate from the Internet auction site eBay this week after not finding a buyer. John Lyons, a spokesman for Worldwide Group, said eBay was the “wrong venue” for the item and that the certificate likely will go to a live auction.

Posted: 06|7|07 at 9:42 am. Filed under: US News.