Mauritius 'Post Office' 2d Twopence
- Maker
- Mauritius (British colony)
- Year
- 1847
- Rank
- 4 of 100
Mauritius 'Post Office' 2d Twopence
Mauritius 'Post Office' 2d Twopence by Mauritius (British colony) (1847) is ranked 4 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $1,148,850 on 3 November 1993. The companion high value to the 1d 'Post Office' and rarer still — a cornerstone of any world-class classic collection.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The companion high value to the 1d 'Post Office' and rarer still — a cornerstone of any world-class classic collection.
2d deep blue, inscribed 'POST OFFICE', engraved by J.O. Barnard; ~12 examples survive across all states
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $1,148,850
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 3 November 1993
David Feldman, Hiroyuki Kanai collection sale, Zurich, Nov 1993: the 2d blue 'Post Office' realized $1,148,850 incl. premium. No newer public single-stamp 2d sale supersedes this; the more recent (2020) Feldman figures attach to the 1d Bombay cover, listed separately.
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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