Sale 1037 — United States and Foreign Stamps and Covers
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 10-14 December, 2012
Category — 1875 Re-Issue of 1861-66 Issue (Scott 102-111)
5c Brown, Re-Issue (105). Choice wide margins and well-centered, deep rich color and finely etched impression, very light unobtrusive circular datestamp cancelVERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE SOUND AND WELL-CENTERED USED EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE. ONLY 37 USED EXAMPLES ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.
The 5c Re-Issue was printed from a new plate of 100 subjects, compared to the original plate of 200 in two panes. The Re-Issue plate can be identified by a notch at bottom. 10,000 stamps were printed (100 impressions). Only 672 of the 5c were sold; the remaining 9,328 were destroyed on July 16, 1884.
Our census of Scott 105 used, available at our website at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/105/105.pdf , records only 37 examples. This is the second most common of any denomination after the 1c, but it is still difficult to find in sound and centered condition.
Census No. 105-CAN-16. With 2002 P.F. certificate
