Switzerland 'Zurich 4' (1843 Cantonal)
- Maker
- Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
- Year
- 1843
- Rank
- 71 of 100
- Identifier
- Zumstein 1, 4 rappen; the record lot = a Zurich 4-rappen franking on cover with unique rosette handstamp
Switzerland 'Zurich 4' (1843 Cantonal)
Realized at auction: $156,000, dated 2016-09-01. This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Among the first postage stamps in continental Europe (1 March 1843), predating most national issues — a true world-classic first.
Zumstein 1, 4 rappen; the record lot = a Zurich 4-rappen franking on cover with unique rosette handstamp
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $156,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 2016-09-01
A realized auction price is what a buyer actually paid on the date shown, including the buyer's premium where the sale reported it. It is the strongest kind of reference price, and it is a record of one sale of one object on one day, not a promise of what the next example will bring.
By reference price, Switzerland 'Zurich 4' (1843 Cantonal) is number 38 of 99 in the stamps entries of the FLOAT 100. 75 of those 99 rest on a realized sale; the rest carry an asking price or a guide value, and each page says which. Rank within the FLOAT 100 itself (71 here) is editorial: how much an object defines its field, not price alone.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, 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
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