Can Anyone Help Me With This Regan Balloon Stamp?

I'm wondering about value and history. Is this collectible?

https://csassets.com/images/ReaganDataSheet.pdf

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la...9-story.html

With all the hot air they produce, how did politicians not have stamps like this before? It's so on-brand.

As to value, that is open to debate.

This cover:

is currently listed on eBay at $499.00 or best offer with free shipping.

These two panes are offered together for one price of $1999.00 or best offer with free shipping--


The above items are for sale by the same seller.


Lastly for comparison a different seller listed this cover and expected an additional $2.00 shipping --


The auction listing closed on Sunday April 13, 2025. It went unsold at the opening price of $10.00 (Ten dollars) before shipping.

I first posted this but that post is now no where to be found, likely due to my own error. Then I went looking to create the post above.




Yes.

People collect scat. To each their own.

Don't hold back rogdcam, tell us what you really think.

Well, if I must.

These types of "collectibles" belong on a wall of shame that is quite lengthy. The fraudsters that cooked these up inferred that they were good investments and were "signed" by Reagan. This is where the real snake oil is applied and once these things are born they live forever on places like Ebay being hawked by the original fraudsters kindred spirits. The first thing I did was head to the 'Bay to see what there was to see and Shazam there were "signed by Reagan" listings of these looking to pry $900 or more from someone's bank account or Visa card credit line. Yeah, adjust your tinfoil hat and picture Ronnie sitting there hand signing 25,000 of these specimens. NOT!

Are they collectible? Kind of like Bernie Madoff's underwear I suppose. I would assign a value of $1 just to purchase them and Bic flick them to eternity (RIP).

LOL, I expected a "scat "story.
I actually know a wildlife biologist who collects scat and has a cabinet full of labeled jars of dried poop from differet animals as part of their reference collection.

Okay, I will fess up. I too have been known to poke through, discuss as well as collect for display scat when I was working as a Park's or organization's Naturalist.