Reunion 1852 15c (Local First Issue)
- Maker
- French Colony of Reunion (Ile Bourbon)
- Year
- 1852
- Rank
- 80 of 100
Reunion 1852 15c (Local First Issue)
Reunion 1852 15c (Local First Issue) by French Colony of Reunion (Ile Bourbon) (1852) is ranked 80 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It carried a price-guide value of $39,000 on 22 January 2015, which is not a sale. Paris failed to supply 15c/30c rates so Reunion type-set its own 1852 stamps locally — the famous 'Paris knew nothing' first issue and the headline rarity of French Colonial philately.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Paris failed to supply 15c/30c rates so Reunion type-set its own 1852 stamps locally — the famous 'Paris knew nothing' first issue and the headline rarity of French Colonial philately.
Scott 1 (Reunion), 15c black on bluish, locally type-set first issue
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $39,000
- Kind
- Price-guide value, not a sale
- Date
- 22 January 2015
Scott Classic Specialized value $39,000 unused / $25,000 used; the finest known was offered by Siegel (Markowitz Collection) Jan 2015.
This is not a sale. It is what the market was asking, and no transaction is recorded behind 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