Would you invest $5000 in a parcel tag?

By James Cockington
Updated April 23 2014 - 8:08pm, first published 3:00am
One 1939 parcel tag sold at a recent auction for $1980.
One 1939 parcel tag sold at a recent auction for $1980.

Yes, that is a cardboard tag from an old parcel, and yes, it's worth about $5000.