Brazil 'Bull's Eye' (Olho de Boi)
- Maker
- Empire of Brazil
- Year
- 1843
- Rank
- 22 of 100
Brazil 'Bull's Eye' (Olho de Boi)
Brazil 'Bull's Eye' (Olho de Boi) by Empire of Brazil (1843) is ranked 22 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $648,720 on 13 June 2013. Brazil was the second country in the world (after Great Britain) to issue nationwide stamps; the 1843 Bull's Eyes are the New World's first stamps.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Brazil was the second country in the world (after Great Britain) to issue nationwide stamps; the 1843 Bull's Eyes are the New World's first stamps.
60 réis (Scott 2), one of the Bull's Eye trio (30/60/90r); complete mint sheet, ex-Luis Alemany Indarte
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $648,720
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 13 June 2013
Corinphila, Zurich, 13 June 2013: mint 60r SHEET realized $648,720. NOTE: figure is for an intact mint sheet, not a single stamp; loose singles are far cheaper.
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.
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