India 1854 'Inverted Head 4 Annas'
- Maker
- East India Company / British India
- Year
- 1854
- Rank
- 44 of 100
India 1854 'Inverted Head 4 Annas'
India 1854 'Inverted Head 4 Annas' by East India Company / British India (1854) is ranked 44 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $91,805 on 23 January 2013. The world's first invert error and the crown jewel of India philately — the British Empire's answer to the Inverted Jenny.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The world's first invert error and the crown jewel of India philately — the British Empire's answer to the Inverted Jenny.
SG 18-22, 4a red & blue lithograph with the head inverted; cut-to-shape single, fault-free
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $91,805
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 23 January 2013
Spink, Medina Collection of India, 23 Jan 2013: GBP 58,000 (~$91,805). A Spink 2010 example made $170,500; wide spread by condition.
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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