"Rare Red Line" Nonsensical Listing

Hello fellow Stamp Masters,

I just had to share this:
Theres this guy selling a damaged 2c Washington as an "Extremely rare red line" stamp for 10 British Pounds.

The funny thing though? It is not even a "rare red line" stamp...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Extremely-...AOSwkkNbFqmy

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Well, apart from a tear and a couple of chunks missing, it has been "well looked after"

Mildly amusing. Postage is only $20.

Boy, oh boy, "used" is an understatement. It's about 20% covered with cancelling ink, and smudged at that, so the post office didn't look after it all that well , and that's quite apart from the severe damage. So where does the "well looked after part come in?

He does say, "Believed to be rare.....". Sounds more like a warning than a description.

The seller is a charity, Norfolk Hospice. They provide care in the final phase of a terminal illness. Their new facility was opened by the Queen in 2016. People donate to them and they sell either from local shops or increasingly more poular, on ebay. The person doing the listing can't be an expert at every item that is donated and put up for sale.

I've bought a lovely old 1940s Stanley Gibbons catalogue from such a charity. It's nice to know that the money is going to a good cause.

Not so funny now...