Bavaria 'Schwarzer Einser' (1 Kreuzer Black)
- Maker
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Year
- 1849
- Rank
- 64 of 100
Bavaria 'Schwarzer Einser' (1 Kreuzer Black)
Bavaria 'Schwarzer Einser' (1 Kreuzer Black) by Kingdom of Bavaria (1849) is ranked 64 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $492,660 on 27 September 2024. Germany's first postage stamp and the only stamp ever issued black-on-white by Bavaria — the foundational German classic.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Germany's first postage stamp and the only stamp ever issued black-on-white by Bavaria — the foundational German classic.
Michel 1, 1 Kreuzer black; the record lot = the only known complete first-day cover (1 Nov 1849)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $492,660
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 27 September 2024
Heinrich Koehler, Wiesbaden, 27 Sep 2024: EUR 440,000 hammer (~$492,660) for the only known complete first-day cover. NOTE: figure is for the unique FDC; a loose single made EUR 40,000 at Koehler in 2015.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08