US 1851 3c Washington Orange Brown Type I
- Maker
- United States (USPOD)
- Year
- 1851
- Rank
- 41 of 100
US 1851 3c Washington Orange Brown Type I
US 1851 3c Washington Orange Brown Type I by United States (USPOD) (1851) is ranked 41 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It carried a price-guide value of $1,500 on 1 November 2014, which is not a sale. The workhorse classic every US collector studies; the orange-brown shade is the recognized early printing.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The workhorse classic every US collector studies; the orange-brown shade is the recognized early printing.
Scott 10, 3c orange brown, Type I, imperforate; the early, more valuable printing; unused
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $1,500
- Kind
- Price-guide value, not a sale
- Date
- 1 November 2014
Scott catalogue ~$1,500 unused / $200 used; a verified $2,000 Siegel realized comp (Nov 2014) appears on the same page.
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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