5c Brown Yellow (67a). Original gum, single hinge mark at top, radiant color in the true Brown Yellow shade with vivid yellow hue, unusually choice centering for this difficult issue, four intact perf discs at left add to the "virginal" state of this magnificent stamp, tiny corner perf creases at top left and bottom right

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS WITHOUT QUESTION ONE OF THE FINEST ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 5-CENT BROWN YELLOW SHADE WE HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT SHADES TO OBTAIN IN SOUND AND CENTERED CONDITION.

The 5c Brown Yellow is recognized as being among the rarest of 1861-66 Issue stamps in original-gum condition. Perhaps the only shade varieties rarer than the 5c Brown Yellow are the 3c Pigeon Blood Pink and 24c Blackish Violet (Scott 64a and 78c). A review of Power Search found only thirteen other unduplicated examples offered in all of our Rarities sales and in the past 20 years of our auctions. Approximately half were sound, and none were as nicely centered as the example offered here.

With 2016 P.F. certificate

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