Sale 1244 — The Arthur S. Przybyl Collection of United States, Confederate States and Hawaii
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 9-10 November, 2021
Category — 1861 Issue First Designs and Colors (Scott 55-61)
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Cat./Est. Value
Realized
103
5c Brown, First Design (57). Small part original gum which thinly covers about half the back but called "traces" on P.F. certificates, deep rich color, short perf at bottom and added (or reattached) perf at upper leftFINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 5-CENT 1861 FIRST DESIGN. ONLY 37 ARE RECORDED IN THE SIEGEL CENSUS.
Our census of Scott 57, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/57 , contains a total of 37 copies of this rarity. Of these, one is in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library. Of the 36 available to collectors, two are cancelled, 19 have no gum, five have part original gum and ten have full (or nearly full) original gum.
Census no. 57-OG-02. Ex Lilly and "Newport", and from our 1973 Rarities sale. With 1973 and 2008 P.F. certificates.
30,000
6,500