Denmark 1851 'Fire R.B.S.' (4 Rigsbank-Skilling)
- Maker
- Kingdom of Denmark (Royal Danish Post)
- Year
- 1851
- Rank
- 96 of 100
Denmark 1851 'Fire R.B.S.' (4 Rigsbank-Skilling)
Denmark 1851 'Fire R.B.S.' (4 Rigsbank-Skilling) by Kingdom of Denmark (Royal Danish Post) (1851) is ranked 96 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $11,530 on 1 September 2018. Denmark's first adhesive and one of Scandinavia's foundational classics, anchoring every serious Northern-European collection.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Denmark's first adhesive and one of Scandinavia's foundational classics, anchoring every serious Northern-European collection.
Scott 2 / AFA 1, 4 R.B.S. brown, Ferslew printing; engraver M.W. Ferslew
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $11,530
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 1 September 2018
Postiljonen, Sept 2018: the 4 FIRE R.B.S. block of six — the largest recorded multiple of Denmark's first stamp, wide-margined with light mute cancel — realized $11,530. NOTE: figure is for the record BLOCK OF SIX; sound four-margin singles run a few hundred dollars. (A related 2-R.B.S. blue brought $250,000+ at David Feldman, Dec 2011 — not transposed here.)
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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