France 1849 '1 Franc Vermillion' Tete-beche Block
- Maker
- France (Second Republic)
- Year
- 1849
- Rank
- 67 of 100
France 1849 '1 Franc Vermillion' Tete-beche Block
France 1849 '1 Franc Vermillion' Tete-beche Block by France (Second Republic) (1849) is ranked 67 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $1,050,000 on 1 November 2003. The single most celebrated French philatelic rarity — only one mint block of four with the tete-beche is known.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The single most celebrated French philatelic rarity — only one mint block of four with the tete-beche is known.
Yvert 7 tete-beche; the unique mint block of four containing the inverted-cliche tete-beche pair
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $1,050,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 1 November 2003
The unique mint tete-beche BLOCK OF FOUR sold for EUR 924,000 in Nov 2003 (~$1.05M). No 2024-2026 resale; the 2024 article references the old 2003 price. USD conversion approximate at 2003 rates.
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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- 2026-08-08