Tibet 1912 First Issue (Lion Design)
- Maker
- Government of Tibet (Lhasa)
- Year
- 1912
- Rank
- 95 of 100
Tibet 1912 First Issue (Lion Design)
Tibet 1912 First Issue (Lion Design) by Government of Tibet (Lhasa) (1912) is ranked 95 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It carried a price-guide value of $55 on 1 June 2016, which is not a sale. Tibet's hand-printed 1912 Lion stamps are the foundational rarity of Himalayan philately.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Tibet's hand-printed 1912 Lion stamps are the foundational rarity of Himalayan philately.
SG 1-5, first-issue hand-printed Lion ('Snow Lion') design
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $55
- Kind
- Price-guide value, not a sale
- Date
- 1 June 2016
Scott catalogue values (via reference page): the 1912 Lion set (Scott 1-5) runs $40-$100; the 1-trangka vermilion (Scott 5) is $55, the 1/6/1/3/1/2 trangka each $40. The cited $55 is the top single value of the foundational first issue. Premium plate varieties and covers go far higher. Secondary source quoting Scott CV.
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.
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