Cape of Good Hope 4d Black Triangular
- Maker
- Cape of Good Hope (British colony), Perkins Bacon
- Year
- 1853
- Rank
- 19 of 100
Cape of Good Hope 4d Black Triangular
Cape of Good Hope 4d Black Triangular by Cape of Good Hope (British colony), Perkins Bacon (1853) is ranked 19 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $30,360 on 1 January 2024. The legendary printing rarity of the iconic Cape triangulars — fewer than a dozen recorded.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The legendary printing rarity of the iconic Cape triangulars — fewer than a dozen recorded.
4d black triangular (SG footnote after No. 8); ~12 known
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $30,360
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 1 January 2024
Spink, 'Lionheart' Collection Part XIV: page states GBP 24,000 (~$30,360 at the article's rate). Conversion is approximate; native figure GBP 24,000 is load-bearing.
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