France 1849 '1 Franc Vermillion' (Ceres)
- Maker
- France (Second Republic)
- Year
- 1849
- Rank
- 66 of 100
France 1849 '1 Franc Vermillion' (Ceres)
France 1849 '1 Franc Vermillion' (Ceres) by France (Second Republic) (1849) is ranked 66 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $75,000 on 1 January 2010. France's rarest first-issue color and the cornerstone of classic French philately.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
France's rarest first-issue color and the cornerstone of classic French philately.
Yvert 7, 1 fr vermillon, Ceres; single, first printing (the vermilion shade was withdrawn almost immediately)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $75,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 1 January 2010
A single 1fr Ceres realized $75,000 at Robert A. Siegel (single, not the tete-beche). Exact sale day not published in the source; documented Siegel realization.
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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