Tiflis City Post Stamp ('Tiflis Unica')
- Maker
- Russian Empire (Tiflis/Kojori city post, modern Tbilisi)
- Year
- 1857
- Rank
- 20 of 100
Tiflis City Post Stamp ('Tiflis Unica')
Tiflis City Post Stamp ('Tiflis Unica') by Russian Empire (Tiflis/Kojori city post, modern Tbilisi) (1857) is ranked 20 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $700,000 on 5 October 2008. Regarded as the oldest stamp of the Russian Empire — issued months before the 1858 national issue — and one of only a handful surviving.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Regarded as the oldest stamp of the Russian Empire — issued months before the 1858 national issue — and one of only a handful surviving.
6-kopeck, coat of arms of Tiflis beneath a double-headed eagle; ~5-8 known; ex-Zbigniew Mikulski
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $700,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 5 October 2008
David Feldman SA, Geneva, 5 Oct 2008: EUR 480,000 (~$700,000), the ex-Mikulski copy. The headline record; no newer public sale supersedes it.
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