Lot 113
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1857, 5¢ red brown, type I (28), unusually well centered with perforations barely touching design only at bottom, rich color and razor-sharp impression, unused without gum, fresh and Very Fine, an outstanding unused example of the type one five-cent red brown perforated.
Scott $15,000
A LOVELY FRESH AND WELL CENTERED UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 5¢ RED BROWN 1857-1861 ISSUE.
Expertization: 1977 PF Certificate.
Provenance: Beals
This example of the 5¢ red brown is arguably the finest of the half dozen or so certified unused singles. There are also three or four sound original gum certified singles, but this stamp is better centered than any of these.
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