China 1953 Unissued 'Military Stamp' (Navy/Purple)
- Maker
- People's Republic of China (PLA Military Postal Service)
- Year
- 1953
- Rank
- 56 of 100
China 1953 Unissued 'Military Stamp' (Navy/Purple)
China 1953 Unissued 'Military Stamp' (Navy/Purple) by People's Republic of China (PLA Military Postal Service) (1953) is ranked 56 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $192,535 on 31 July 2010. Issued to active-duty PLA soldiers then withdrawn and stocks destroyed as a security risk — one of the great modern Chinese rarities.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Issued to active-duty PLA soldiers then withdrawn and stocks destroyed as a security risk — one of the great modern Chinese rarities.
1953 Military Post set; the Navy ('Purple') value is the recorded rarity; ~15-20 survive
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $192,535
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 31 July 2010
InterAsia Auctions, Hong Kong, 31 July 2010: HK$1,495,000 (~$192,535, the page's own conversion).
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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