This one had me doing a facepalm... for myself, the seller, and everyone else on
ebay at the time this auction was going on.
I was going through all my unfiled revenue "stuff" tonight, looking for 1st issue silk papers to add to my site, and as what usually happens as I'm pawing through piles of stuff, I come across a few items that I don't ever remember purchasing.
The picture below is a small portion of a giant 2ft x 2ft indenture on vellum (sheepskin) that I bought on
ebay 4 years ago. I'm told that due to the stamps' glue not adhering well to the vellum, it was common practice to either score the vellum, or to tear off part of the surface, so the stamps would have something to better adhere to.
Well, in this case, the [insert epithet here] who originally affixed the stamps decided to score the vellum THROUGH the stamps rather than beforehand, thus damaging them.
Regardless, I thought it was a neat item anyway, so I threw out a bid. I don't recall what my max was, probably $20 or so. I was the only bidder in a 7-day auction, and won it for $7 + shipping. I paid a whopping $10 for it.
I received it, gave it a cursory glance (as the seller must have done), and filed it.
Looking at it tonight again for the first time in years, I did a doubletake, pulled out my magnifier to verify what I thought I saw, and sure enough... no one had caught it.
Let's see if you can pick out what I noticed that, even with the damage, makes this a completely different animal. Below the picture is a link to a high-resolution version of the picture...
Bigger version:
http://www.revenue-collector.com/st...ondocbig.jpg
Posted 10/11/2011 11:20 pm
I cought it right away. But enlarged it to confirm. The way they are positioned I can see how it would be missed. 
How about I give you 10X what you paid for it! 
