New Zealand 1855 Chalon Head 'Full-Face Queen' 1d
- Maker
- Colony of New Zealand
- Year
- 1855
- Rank
- 79 of 100
New Zealand 1855 Chalon Head 'Full-Face Queen' 1d
New Zealand 1855 Chalon Head 'Full-Face Queen' 1d by Colony of New Zealand (1855) is ranked 79 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $10,750 on 3 November 2012. New Zealand's first stamps — the foundational rarity of NZ philately.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
New Zealand's first stamps — the foundational rarity of NZ philately.
1d dull carmine, imperforate, Perkins Bacon London printing; representative used
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $10,750
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 3 November 2012
3 Nov 2012: NZ$13,000 (~$10,750) for a representative used example; premier early-printing Chalons reach six figures.
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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