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The 1860 Tuscany 3 lire ochre (Scott 23 / Sassone 20) - the top value of the provisional-government issue, of which only a handful of unused examples survive.

Tuscany '3 Lire' (Italian States)

Maker
Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Provisional Government)
Year
1860
Rank
68 of 100

Tuscany '3 Lire' (Italian States)

Tuscany '3 Lire' (Italian States) by Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Provisional Government) (1860) is ranked 68 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $140,000 on 1 December 2014. The most valuable Italian-states stamp — only a handful of unused examples and two known covers survive.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

The most valuable Italian-states stamp — only a handful of unused examples and two known covers survive.

Sassone 20, 3 lire; the highest value of the 1860 Tuscan provisional set; only a handful of unused examples survive

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$140,000
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
1 December 2014

Bolaffi, Turin, Dec 2014: EUR 114,000 (~$140,000). No more-recent public realization found.

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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