5c Red Brown (28). Brownish, slightly disturbed original gum, deep rich color, perfs essentially clear of outer projections on all sides, single short perf at bottom and light diagonal crease at top left

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THE 1857 5-CENT RED BROWN IS AN EXTREMELY RARE STAMP WITH ORIGINAL GUM.

The perforated 5c Type I stamps in any shade of Red Brown are very rare in unused or original-gum condition. 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 $160,000.00, respectively.

With 2019 P.F. certificate

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