Hong Kong 1865 96c Olive-Bistre
- Maker
- British Hong Kong
- Year
- 1865
- Rank
- 53 of 100
Hong Kong 1865 96c Olive-Bistre
Hong Kong 1865 96c Olive-Bistre by British Hong Kong (1865) is ranked 53 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $669,934 on 1 January 2016. Quickly withdrawn after being printed in the wrong color — Hong Kong's 'most important' classic stamp.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Quickly withdrawn after being printed in the wrong color — Hong Kong's 'most important' classic stamp.
SG 16, 96c olive-bistre, wmk Crown CC; printed in the wrong color and withdrawn; ~48 surviving; unused with much o.g.
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $669,934
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 1 January 2016
Spink, Jan 2016: single fresh-color example $669,934. (A unique block of four made $889,765 at InterAsia 2013 — not conflated; the single is the cleaner per-stamp comp.)
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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