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)
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Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1640
5c Brown, Re-Issue (105). Deep rich color on bright paper, huge margins and choice centering, bold strike of "6" oval grid cancel, small thin spots, small corner crease and couple tiny margin tearsEXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. OUR CENSUS OF THE RARE 5-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE CONTAINS ONLY 37 USED COPIES.
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.
Census No. 105-CAN-32. With 2004 P.F. certificate
10,000
2,000