Washington stamps

conrad99

Haven't collected stamps since I was a kid, but happened to look at a few on ebay yesterday. There has to be some explanation for what I'm seeing, but it's eluding me just now. Any help?

https://i.ibb.co/5G6rG6R/Screenshot-20220818-165753-e-Bay.jpg

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conrad99

The one above is $500.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/125341727286

This one is only $299.99:

And it's listed as 'unused'. Are these fronts for mafia orgs or something?

https://i.ibb.co/VgKKzx6/Screenshot-20220818-170616-e-Bay.jpg

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204070280474

conrad99

Another one. I think there are dozens, maybe hundreds

https://www.ebay.com/itm/255623477848

JBK

I always wondered if some of the nonsensical listings on ebay were money laundering schemes.

bigmountainlion

Selling garbage for high dollar

milbroco

penny stamps looking for a sucker.

CCDollar

You will see this in all aspects of collectibles. Take care...CC

evanmcneilan21

Are any of these worth anything?

pab1969

Unfortunately, no.

Ziggystardust

People will collect town cancels, A few dollars each.

BigDotDon

Thanks for clearing this up. I have stared at eBay for hours at some of these stamps that sold for large $$$ and was unable to discern what made them more valuable than the hundreds in my collection. It makes sense that collecting is not the motive behind some of them.