Is This The 1.7 Million Dollar Stamp Selling On Ebay :)

Here is the link to the stamp. Is it fraud or is it legit... Thanks

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHINA-STAMP...AOSwhOdXpWyL

Are they implying that it is a connected pair? It looks a little fishy to me.

if it looks too good to be true, it is too good to be true. Something like this I would expect to have at a minimum some "expert" guarantee (whatever that means is the subject of endless hours of discussion) and a bit of provenance. I'd put it in the forgeries section of my collection if I win it for $5 :-)

kachidousa,

What do you mean by "1.7 million dollar stamp selling on ebay?" The current bid is $410. I have no idea if it worth that, let alone 1.7 million dollars. I tried to look at who was bidding and ebay says that it is a "private listing" and that bidders are not disclosed. I've never seen that before. Can anybody tell me what a "private listing" is?

Basil

Basil,
See here http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/private.html
Don

China Scott 274a unused $300,000 (5 known) & used $275,000 (3 known).

No certification. Private listings. Unknown seller.

Here is an example from a Cherrystone auction.

JUST THINK ABOUT IT ----For only $425.00 you can show all your family and friends that your a major philatelic expert and you got a treasure that you can let them hold ....for less than $500.00 it is better than showing a college degree from Harvard or a MBA from Stanford U. ,but don't come on here with something like that without a good certificate .
The thing about fakes and forgeries very rare that the forger stops after making just one overprint ,they make dozens or hundreds of them ,expect a few more to pop up if they start getting good prices {anything over $25.00 is a good price for a 35 cent stamp}

I plan to bid 10,000 Pengo !

Here are the same overprints from my collection . Sorry they look different ,different color and thinner letters .

The Rare Chinese Stamp has a inverted 3 cents. Yes the over stamp is different in size.

The seller has some pricey stamps for sale which all look good. Interesting if he/she is really in possession of these items.

Rather odd that none of these unusual items has a description, let alone a cert. And, as in art, the easiest stamps to fake are the "naive" school.

Did someone here show this stamp last week?

Hidden shill bidders having fun.

Whats in that China stamps? Their prices are like a balloon.

The inverted overprint sold for $725 - catalog value $275,000. Someone bought the deal of the year, a very expensive fake or a Paypal claim for non-receipt.