5c Red Brown (28). Original gum, deep rich color in the "1856" imperforate shade, perfs touching at top and right, completely sound

FRESH AND FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE SOUND ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 5-CENT RED BROWN.

The perforated 5c “1856” Red Brown (Scott 28) stamps were made from the stock of imperforate stamps on hand in 1857 when perforations were introduced. The 1858 printing, the first after perforations were introduced, was in the Bright Red Brown and Indian Red shades. The perforated 5c Type I stamps in any shade of Red Brown are very rare in unused or original-gum condition. In the past 14 years we have offered over 200,000 auction lots. During that time, we have sold only three other Scott 28 singles with original gum and the block of four in the Whitman sale. Of the other singles, only one was completely sound (from the Whitman collection). A search of the records at the Philatelic Foundation for sound copies found only the ex-Whitman example and the stamp offered here. In our opinion, the Scott Catalogue value for Scott 28 with original gum is too low. The number of original-gum Scott 28 singles falls somewhere between the numbers for the Brick Red (Scott 27) and the Indian Red (Scott 28A), which catalogue $80,000.00 and $175,000.00, respectively.

With 2013 P.F. certificate

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