British Guiana 'Cottonreels'
- Maker
- British Guiana (Crown colony), Royal Gazette office, Georgetown
- Year
- 1850
- Rank
- 21 of 100
British Guiana 'Cottonreels'
British Guiana 'Cottonreels' by British Guiana (Crown colony), Royal Gazette office, Georgetown (1850) is ranked 21 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $312,000 on 1 January 2024. British Guiana's first stamps — crude circular typeset provisionals nicknamed for resembling thread-spool labels; extreme rarity makes them a supreme gem of world philately.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
British Guiana's first stamps — crude circular typeset provisionals nicknamed for resembling thread-spool labels; extreme rarity makes them a supreme gem of world philately.
2c black on rose, Type B, circular typeset provisional; the 'Weill' vertical pair cut square (finest known) — ~10 stamps known total
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $312,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 1 January 2024
Spink, 'British Guiana Part 1 — The Simon Greenwood Collection,' Lot 47: estimate GBP 240,000, realized GBP 240,000 (~$312,000). A separate Cottonreel cover sold EUR 597,000 (David Feldman, 2008).
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