Cape of Good Hope 'Woodblock' Error of Color
- Maker
- Cape of Good Hope (British colony), printed in Cape Town
- Year
- 1861
- Rank
- 18 of 100
Cape of Good Hope 'Woodblock' Error of Color
Cape of Good Hope 'Woodblock' Error of Color by Cape of Good Hope (British colony), printed in Cape Town (1861) is ranked 18 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $101,000 on 1 January 2024. The 1853 Cape triangulars were the world's first triangular stamps; the 1861 'Woodblock' provisionals include the celebrated errors of color, among the most famous in classic philately.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The 1853 Cape triangulars were the world's first triangular stamps; the 1861 'Woodblock' provisionals include the celebrated errors of color, among the most famous in classic philately.
Locally-printed triangular provisional; the famous transposed-color errors (1d printed in blue, 4d printed in red/vermilion); se-tenant block of four with the 4d vermilion error (SG 13/14e), ex-Ferrary
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $101,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 1 January 2024
Spink, 'Cape Triangular Issues: Dr. James Foght Collection,' Lot 630: estimate $100,000-120,000, realized GBP 78,000 (~$101,000). Block of four with the 4d vermilion error se-tenant.
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