5c Brown, Re-Issue (105). Perfectly centered with wide and balanced margins, deep rich color and proof-like impression on bright paper, long and full perforations all around, face-free duplex cancel, 1984 P.F. certificate no. 131962 as sound, 2003 P.F. certificate no. 395534 notes small filled thin spot, 2004 P.F. certificate no. 410617 notes small repaired tear at top left, (none of the three accompany), 2007 P.F. and P.S.E. certificates describe this as sound

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE. ONLY 37 USED EXAMPLES ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.

The 5c Re-Issue was printed from a new plate of 100 subjects, compared to the original plate of 200 in two panes. The Re-Issue plate can be identified by a notch at bottom. 10,000 stamps were printed (100 impressions). Only 672 of the 5c were sold; the remaining 9,328 were destroyed on July 16, 1884.

Our census of Scott 105 used, available at our website at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/105/105.pdf , records only 37 examples.

Census No. 105-CAN-35. Ex Mayer as sound. See above for full certification history. Accompanied by 2007 P.F. and P.S.E. certificates as sound, the latter graded Sup-98 (unpriced in this grade in SMQ)

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