US 1845 New York Postmaster's Provisional 5c
- Maker
- United States — New York, N.Y. postmaster (Robert H. Morris)
- Year
- 1845
- Rank
- 92 of 100
US 1845 New York Postmaster's Provisional 5c
US 1845 New York Postmaster's Provisional 5c by United States — New York, N.Y. postmaster (Robert H. Morris) (1845) is ranked 92 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $750 on 1 July 2015. The earliest and most-used US postmaster provisional — the gateway rarity of pre-1847 US philately.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The earliest and most-used US postmaster provisional — the gateway rarity of pre-1847 US philately.
Scott 9X1, 5c black on bluish, signed 'ACM' (Marcellus); the most-used postmaster provisional
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $750
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 1 July 2015
Robert A. Siegel, July 2015: signed sound 9X1 examples realized $500-$750 (a graded XF-90 made $1,000 at Kelleher, May 2015). Scott catalogue $500-$1,825 by signature/condition; premium covers run into five figures. Cited figure is the upper of the clustered Siegel July-2015 single-stamp realizations.
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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