Buenos Aires 1859 'Barquitos' 1p 'In Ps' Tete-beche Pair
- Maker
- State of Buenos Aires (Argentina, pre-confederation)
- Year
- 1858
- Rank
- 62 of 100
Buenos Aires 1859 'Barquitos' 1p 'In Ps' Tete-beche Pair
Buenos Aires 1859 'Barquitos' 1p 'In Ps' Tete-beche Pair by State of Buenos Aires (Argentina, pre-confederation) (1858) is ranked 62 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $575,000 on 1 June 2008. Buenos Aires's 'little ships' first issue; the unique tete-beche 'In Ps' pair is its defining rarity.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Buenos Aires's 'little ships' first issue; the unique tete-beche 'In Ps' pair is its defining rarity.
1859 1-peso 'In Ps' tete-beche pair — the unique inverted-error pair of the Barquitos steamship issue
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $575,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 1 June 2008
Robert A. Siegel, Islander Collection, Sale 957, June 2008: $575,000 — unique surviving specimen of the inverted error. Ordinary Barquitos 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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