Moldavia 'Bull's Head' (Cap de Bour)
- Maker
- Principality of Moldavia
- Year
- 1858
- Rank
- 75 of 100
Moldavia 'Bull's Head' (Cap de Bour)
Moldavia 'Bull's Head' (Cap de Bour) by Principality of Moldavia (1858) is ranked 75 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $55,000 on 26 May 2014. The first stamps of Romania/Moldavia and one of the supreme European classics — hand-struck from glass cliches with the iconic aurochs head.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The first stamps of Romania/Moldavia and one of the supreme European classics — hand-struck from glass cliches with the iconic aurochs head.
1858 'Bull's Head' first issue, 80-para value, rare greenish-blue paper variety
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $55,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 26 May 2014
David Feldman Spring sale: an 80p Bull's Head in greenish-blue paper led at $55,000. Exact year not fully pinned beyond 'Spring, 26-30 May.'
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.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08