Great Britain 1882 GBP 5 Orange Queen Victoria
- Maker
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 1882
- Rank
- 84 of 100
Great Britain 1882 GBP 5 Orange Queen Victoria
Great Britain 1882 GBP 5 Orange Queen Victoria by United Kingdom (1882) is ranked 84 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $1,920 on 31 October 2018. The highest face-value Victorian definitive and the iconic blue-chip classic of GB philately — the stamp every GB collector aspires to.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The highest face-value Victorian definitive and the iconic blue-chip classic of GB philately — the stamp every GB collector aspires to.
SG 137, GBP 5 orange, Plate 1, surface-printed; used
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $1,920
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 31 October 2018
Tennants Auctioneers, Stamps/Postcards/Postal History Sale, 31 Oct 2018: a well-centered fine used SG 137 GBP 5 orange (Manchester cancel, 12 June 1893) realized GBP 1,500 hammer (~$1,920). SG catalogue ~GBP 3,500 used; an NH example made $26,450 at Cherrystone (2007). USD is an approximate conversion of the load-bearing GBP figure.
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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