5c Brown (29). Rich color on bright paper, unusually choice centering with wide margins, design clear of outer projections on all four sides, two different datestamp cancels in black and at top left in ultramarine (subtle but identifiable)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1859 5-CENT TYPE I BROWN, GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E.

Ex Merlin. With 1985 P.F., 2008 and 2015 P.S.E. certificates identifying the top left cancel as ultramarine (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $4,500.00 for normal color). Only two grade higher (at 98).

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