US 1851 1c Franklin Type I
- Maker
- United States (USPOD)
- Year
- 1851
- Rank
- 40 of 100
US 1851 1c Franklin Type I
US 1851 1c Franklin Type I by United States (USPOD) (1851) is ranked 40 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It carried a price-guide value of $90,000 on 1 January 2024, which is not a sale. The '1c 1851' Type I from the single perfect plate position (7R1E) — the most celebrated US classic-issue plating rarity.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The '1c 1851' Type I from the single perfect plate position (7R1E) — the most celebrated US classic-issue plating rarity.
Scott 5/5A, 1c blue, Type I, imperforate — the complete-design plate position 7R1E
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $90,000
- Kind
- Price-guide value, not a sale
- Date
- 1 January 2024
Catalogue/guide value: unused without gum ~$90,000-120,000; used ~$55,000-65,000 four-margin. No clean dated single realized figure isolated.
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