5c Brown, Re-Issue (105). Original gum, lovely rich color, almost perfect centering with well-proportioned margins

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE.

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.

P.S.E. encapsulated (OGph, XF-Superb 95; SMQ $10,000.00). Only one has graded higher (at 95J) and only eight others share this grade.

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