The World's Most Confusing Lot Description

Does anyone have a clue what the seller is trying to say here?

"Thins that are not thins?" What does that mean?

Jim

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GKA-Scott-R...172727845365

He forgot about the nibbed perfs that are not nibbed perfs.

I think he meant that what may look to be thins when viewing the scan are not.

Not artfully worded.

Maybe he means that the "thins" are actually the watermark?

In which case, this stamp would almost certainly be RB58 (Cat $.30) and not RB41 (Cat. $45)

Jim

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Paper that is partial. Thins that are not thins.

Seriously though, those sure look like thins as opposed to a watermark.

I take it, he means the dark areas are not thins.
I do not understand "partial paper" however.

Lesson for the day:

Stay away from the adult beverages when writing ebay lot descriptions.

Jim

Looking at the obverse image in the listing: definitely thins.

Also, looking at his other WONDERFUL listings, is he supposed to be using numeric grades, e.g., "XF85" if the stamp is not professionally graded? I know that's a big NO-NO! in the coin categories.

I'm thin, but I'm not thin

I'm not a seller on ebay, just a buyer. But I'm pretty sure that it costs a seller at least something to list on ebay, plus there's the Paypal fees and so on.

So I'm confused as to why this seller would list this stamp starting at 15 cents, when it catalogs 35 cents, and it's seriously damaged:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GKA-Scott-2...AOSw32lYvIig





I mean, even if it did sell at 15 cents, wouldn't the net to the seller be in a fraction of a cent or something? Or is he making some money off of the $1.00 shipping charge? Can an ebay seller explain this?

Seems like a lot of effort for literally zero return.

Jim

p.s. Sorry, I forgot the existential part: the torn off corner is not a torn off corner in this reality.

As a private seller, I can't remember when I last paid listing fees for straightforward listings. But I agree that he or she is only going to make minuscule amounts from this and other stamps in the listings - in the unlikely event that they sell. Weird.

But... but... it's an F70!

And it has a 2 in the cancel, what more could one want?

I think the seller means that the stamp is on a piece of paper or has paper stuck to the back that does not cover the whole stamp, giving the illusion of a thin. Missing is the explanation as to why the "paper" would also be perforated

The flaws seem to be the letters VER top left