The FLOAT 100: Stamps
99 objects, ranked. Each carries one reference price from a named public source, shown with its own kind: a realized sale, a market asking price or a guide value. They are not the same claim and are never presented as one.
- 1British Guiana 1c Magenta British Guiana (British colony)$8,307,000
- 2Treskilling Yellow (Tre Skilling Banco colour error) Sweden (Kingdom of Sweden)$2,300,000
- 3Mauritius 'Post Office' 1d Penny Mauritius (British colony)$2,500,000
- 4Mauritius 'Post Office' 2d Twopence Mauritius (British colony)$1,148,850
- 5Inverted Jenny (24c Airmail Invert), Position 49 United States (USPOD), Bureau of Engraving and Printing$2,006,000
- 6Penny Black Great Britain (Royal Mail / Treasury)$58,500
- 7Two Penny Blue Great Britain (Royal Mail)$48,700
- 8US 1847 5c Franklin (First Issue) United States (USPOD)$425
- 9US 1847 10c Washington (First Issue) United States (USPOD)$775
- 10Hawaiian Missionaries (Dawson Cover) Kingdom of Hawaii (postmaster H.M. Whitney)$2,240,000
- 11US 1c Franklin 'Z' Grill United States (USPOD), National Bank Note Co.$4,366,000
- 12US 15c Lincoln 'Z' Grill United States (USPOD), National Bank Note Co.$1,610,000
- 13Inverted Swan Colony of Western Australia$190,000
- 14Baden 9 Kreuzer Error (green colour error) Grand Duchy of Baden (German state)$1,730,000
- 15Basel Dove (Basler Taube) Canton of Basel, Switzerland$31,500
- 16China Red Revenue 'Small One Dollar' Imperial Chinese Post (Qing dynasty)$889,832
- 17Sicilian Error of Color (1/2 grana blue) Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Sicily issue)$2,600,000
- 18Cape of Good Hope 'Woodblock' Error of Color Cape of Good Hope (British colony), printed in Cape Town$101,000
- 19Cape of Good Hope 4d Black Triangular Cape of Good Hope (British colony), Perkins Bacon$30,360
- 20Tiflis City Post Stamp ('Tiflis Unica') Russian Empire (Tiflis/Kojori city post, modern Tbilisi)$700,000
- 21British Guiana 'Cottonreels' British Guiana (Crown colony), Royal Gazette office, Georgetown$312,000
- 22Brazil 'Bull's Eye' (Olho de Boi) Empire of Brazil$648,720
- 23Perot (Hamilton, Bermuda) Postmaster's Provisional Bermuda — postmaster William B. Perot, Hamilton$75,000
- 24Confederate 'Mount Lebanon, La.' Postmaster's Provisional Confederate States of America — Mount Lebanon, La. P.O. (postmaster J.W. Murrell)$385,000
- 25China 'The Whole Country Is Red' People's Republic of China (Ministry of Posts)$2,000,000
- 26US 1869 15c 'Landing of Columbus' Invert United States (USPOD), National Bank Note Co.$757,100
- 27US 1869 24c 'Declaration of Independence' Invert United States (USPOD), National Bank Note Co.$1,270,000
- 28US 1869 30c 'Shield, Eagle & Flags' Invert United States (USPOD), National Bank Note Co.$600,000
- 29US 1901 Pan-American 1c Invert United States (USPOD), Bureau of Engraving and Printing$51,750
- 30US 1901 Pan-American 2c Invert United States (USPOD), Bureau of Engraving and Printing$195,500
- 31US 1901 Pan-American 4c Invert United States (USPOD), Bureau of Engraving and Printing$120,750
- 32US 1979 $1 'CIA Invert' United States Postal Service$71,875
- 33US 1930 Graf Zeppelin Airmail Set United States (USPOD), Bureau of Engraving and Printing$975
- 34US 1860 90c Washington United States (USPOD), Toppan, Carpenter & Co.$10,000
- 35US 1909 2c Lincoln 'Bluish Paper' United States (USPOD), Bureau of Engraving and Printing$320
- 36US 1894 $5 John Marshall United States (USPOD), Bureau of Engraving and Printing$4,500
- 37US 1893 Columbian $5 'Columbus' United States (USPOD)$7,500
- 38US 1898 Trans-Mississippi $1 'Western Cattle in Storm' United States (USPOD)$1,200
- 39US 1869 90c Lincoln United States (USPOD), National Bank Note Co.$375,000
- 40US 1851 1c Franklin Type I United States (USPOD)$90,000
- 41US 1851 3c Washington Orange Brown Type I United States (USPOD)$1,500
- 42US 1851 12c Washington United States (USPOD)$6,250
- 43US Alexandria 'Blue Boy' Postmaster's Provisional United States — Alexandria, Va. postmaster$1,180,000
- 44India 1854 'Inverted Head 4 Annas' East India Company / British India$91,805
- 45India 'Scinde Dawk' 1/2 Anna Scinde (Sindh) District Post, British East India Company$28,342
- 46India 1948 Gandhi 10 Rupees 'Service' Overprint Government of India (Posts & Telegraphs)$226,000
- 47Ceylon 1857-59 'Pence Issue' 4d Dull Rose British Ceylon$71,875
- 48Trinidad 1847 'Lady McLeod' Private ship local (David Bryce, SS Lady McLeod), Trinidad$51,775
- 49Canada 1851 '12d Black' (Twelve Penny Black) Province of Canada$740,625
- 50Canada 1959 'St. Lawrence Seaway Invert' Canada Post$7,500
- 51Newfoundland 1919 'Hawker' Air Mail Colony of Newfoundland$24,846
- 52Newfoundland 1857 1-Shilling Scarlet-Vermilion Colony of Newfoundland$45,000
- 53Hong Kong 1865 96c Olive-Bistre British Hong Kong$669,934
- 54China 1878 'Large Dragon' Imperial Maritime Customs Post, China$2,417,700
- 55China 1968 'Mao's Inscription to Japanese Worker Friends' (unissued) People's Republic of China (Ministry of Posts)$1,151,630
- 56China 1953 Unissued 'Military Stamp' (Navy/Purple) People's Republic of China (PLA Military Postal Service)$192,535
- 57Japan 1871 Dragon 500 Mon (inverted centre) Empire of Japan$5,800,000
- 58Japan 1871 Dragon (First Issue) Empire of Japan$2,539
- 59Ottoman Empire 1863 Tughra (First Issue) Ottoman Empire (Sultan Abdulaziz)$70,800
- 60Russia 1857 First Issue 10 Kopeck Russian Empire (Tsar Alexander II)$62,500
- 61Greece 1861 Large Hermes Head (Solferino Cover) Kingdom of Greece (Paris printing by E. Meyer)$380,595
- 62Buenos Aires 1859 'Barquitos' 1p 'In Ps' Tete-beche Pair State of Buenos Aires (Argentina, pre-confederation)$575,000
- 63Uruguay 1856 'Diligencia' (Stagecoach) Uruguay (Montevideo issue)$420
- 64Bavaria 'Schwarzer Einser' (1 Kreuzer Black) Kingdom of Bavaria$492,660
- 65Saxony 'Sachsendreier' (3 Pfennige Red) Kingdom of Saxony$109,423
- 66France 1849 '1 Franc Vermillion' (Ceres) France (Second Republic)$75,000
- 67France 1849 '1 Franc Vermillion' Tete-beche Block France (Second Republic)$1,050,000
- 68Tuscany '3 Lire' (Italian States) Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Provisional Government)$140,000
- 69Naples 'Trinacria' (1/2 Tornese Provisional) Provisional Government (Dictatorship) of Naples$4,608
- 70Papal States 1852 First Issue Papal States (Pope Pius IX administration)$138,504
- 71Switzerland 'Zurich 4' (1843 Cantonal) Canton of Zurich, Switzerland$156,000
- 72Switzerland 'Double Geneva' (1843 Double de Geneve) Canton of Geneva, Switzerland$235,000
- 73Switzerland 1850 'Rayon I' (framed cross) Swiss Confederation (federal post)$293,000
- 74Spain 1851 '2 Reales' Error of Color Spain (Isabella II)$23,200
- 75Moldavia 'Bull's Head' (Cap de Bour) Principality of Moldavia$55,000
- 76Finland 1856 First Issue 5 Kopeck Tete-beche Pair Grand Duchy of Finland (within Russian Empire)$42,500
- 77Poland 1860 'Polish No. 1' (10 Kopeck) Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland, under Russian Empire)$40,671
- 78Nepal 1881 First Issue (1 Anna) Kingdom of Nepal$25,400
- 79New Zealand 1855 Chalon Head 'Full-Face Queen' 1d Colony of New Zealand$10,750
- 80Reunion 1852 15c (Local First Issue) French Colony of Reunion (Ile Bourbon)$39,000
- 81Honduras 1925 'Black Honduras' Provisional Airmail Republic of Honduras$149,500
- 82Great Britain 1910 2d 'Tyrian Plum' Great Britain (Royal Mail), King Edward VII$159,500
- 83Great Britain 1840 'VR Official' Penny Black United Kingdom (Inland Revenue / GPO)$26,934
- 84Great Britain 1882 GBP 5 Orange Queen Victoria United Kingdom$1,920
- 85Great Britain 1929 PUC GBP 1 'Postal Union Congress' United Kingdom$1,400
- 86Australia 1913 'Kangaroo and Map' GBP 2 Commonwealth of Australia$6,417
- 87Australia 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge Commonwealth of Australia$540
- 88Germany 1933 'Chicagofahrt' Graf Zeppelin Overprints Deutsche Reichspost$245
- 89US 1962 4c Dag Hammarskjold Invert United States Post Office Department$0
- 90Confederate Postmaster Provisionals (general) Confederate States of America — local postmasters$31,860
- 91US 1994 'Legends of the West' Recalled Error Sheet United States Postal Service$275
- 92US 1845 New York Postmaster's Provisional 5c United States — New York, N.Y. postmaster (Robert H. Morris)$750
- 93Hungary 1871 First Issue (Lithographed 3kr) Kingdom of Hungary (State Press of Buda)$600
- 94Barbados 1852 Britannia 1d Blue Barbados (British colony)$140
- 95Tibet 1912 First Issue (Lion Design) Government of Tibet (Lhasa)$55
- 96Denmark 1851 'Fire R.B.S.' (4 Rigsbank-Skilling) Kingdom of Denmark (Royal Danish Post)$11,530
- 97Mexico 1856 Hidalgo (First Issue) Republic of Mexico$329
- 98Roman/Papal States 1852 1 Scudo Papal States (Pope Pius IX administration)$850
- 100Egypt 1866 First Issue Khedivate of Egypt$477