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FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 5-CENT FIRST DESIGN.
Our census of Scott 57, available at our website at http://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/57/57.pdf , contains a total of 36 copies of this rarity. Of these, one is in The New York Public Library collection. Of the 35 thought to be available to collectors, two are used, 18 have no gum, seven have part gum and seven have full original gum. None of the full-gum copies is completely sound. Four of the part-gum copies are sound. Of the no-gum copies, only two are sound; three others may be sound but need to be reexamined as they have not been seen in decades, and thirteen have faults of varying degrees.
Census No. 57-UNC-01. Ex Ambassador and McNall. With 1975 P.F. certificate (Image)
FINE APPEARING AND RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT BUFF 1861 ISSUE.
The 5c Brown Yellow and Buff shades are among the rarest of 1861-66 Issue stamps in original gum condition. Perhaps the only shade varieties rarer are the 3c Pigeon Blood Pink and 24c Blackish Violet (Scott 64a and 78c), but Scott 67 is a major catalogue listing and is, therefore, more significant to completion of the series.
With 1986 P.F. certificate as Brown Yellow (Image)