US 1979 $1 'CIA Invert'
- Maker
- United States Postal Service
- Year
- 1979
- Rank
- 32 of 100
US 1979 $1 'CIA Invert'
US 1979 $1 'CIA Invert' by United States Postal Service (1979) is ranked 32 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $71,875 on 1 January 2015. The famous modern invert discovered in a sheet bought by CIA employees — the iconic late-20th-century US error.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The famous modern invert discovered in a sheet bought by CIA employees — the iconic late-20th-century US error.
Scott 1610c, $1 Americana 'Rush Lamp & Candle Holder', brown engraving inverted; ~85-95 accounted for
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $71,875
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 1 January 2015
Block of four realized $71,875 (2015); single-stamp Scott Specialized value $17,000 MNH (2023 ed.). NOTE: cited figure is for a block of four.
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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