US 1869 90c Lincoln
- Maker
- United States (USPOD), National Bank Note Co.
- Year
- 1869
- Rank
- 39 of 100
US 1869 90c Lincoln
US 1869 90c Lincoln by United States (USPOD), National Bank Note Co. (1869) is ranked 39 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $375,000 on 1 January 2011. The top value and crown of the short-lived 1869 Pictorial series; the unique 90c-on-cover 'Ice House cover' is one of the most famous items in US philately.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The top value and crown of the short-lived 1869 Pictorial series; the unique 90c-on-cover 'Ice House cover' is one of the most famous items in US philately.
Scott 122, 90c carmine & black, Lincoln; the top value of the 1869 Pictorial series; the unique 'Ice House cover' bears the only 90c on cover
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $375,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 1 January 2011
Robert A. Siegel, Gordon Eubanks Collection of the 1869 Issue, 2011: $375,000 for the unique 'Ice House' 90c-on-cover. NOTE: figure is for the famous COVER; an ordinary off-cover Scott 122 catalogues ~$2,000-2,500 used.
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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