US Alexandria 'Blue Boy' Postmaster's Provisional
- Maker
- United States — Alexandria, Va. postmaster
- Year
- 1847
- Rank
- 43 of 100
US Alexandria 'Blue Boy' Postmaster's Provisional
US Alexandria 'Blue Boy' Postmaster's Provisional by United States — Alexandria, Va. postmaster (1847) is ranked 43 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $1,180,000 on 22 June 2019. The single most famous US postmaster provisional — unique, on blue paper, on a one-of-a-kind cover.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The single most famous US postmaster provisional — unique, on blue paper, on a one-of-a-kind cover.
5c black on BLUE paper (Type I), Alexandria; the unique surviving example, on cover to Jannett Hooff Brown
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $1,180,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 22 June 2019
H.R. Harmer, Erivan Haub Collection Sale 1, 22 June 2019: $1.18 million. NOTE: figure is for the unique COVER. Prior sale via Feldman 1981 for $1M.
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.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08