5c Red Brown, Defective Transfer (28). Position 23R1, large part original gum which covers nearly the entire back, rich color, reperfed at left

FINE APPEARING AND RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 5-CENT RED BROWN WITH ORIGINAL GUM--ESPECIALLY RARE WITH THE TRANSFER VARIETY.

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. Since these were the first 5c stamps to be put through the perforating machine, they were the first to be used, and very few unused examples survive, especially with original gum. 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 2016 P.F. certificate which does not note the transfer variety. Scott value $60,000.00

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