Scotts #28 US stamps 1857 5c

#28 - 1857 5¢ Red Brown (type I)

5¢
Red brown, pale red brown
TYPE I

Printing Method: Die-to-relief-to-plate transfer process
Printer: Toppan, Carpenter & Co.
Subject: Thomas Jefferson
Number issued: 270,000
Perforations: 15 to 15½
Watermark: Unwatermarked
Scott #: 28
Earliest Date of Use: August 23rd, 1857

Value

Used
$300 - $700 (four margins)
$195 - $275 (three margins)
No postmark with gum (MH)
$17,000 - $28,000 (four margins)
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
No sales recorded

ID #28

Inspiration for the Design

Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826
painted by Rembrandt Peale 1778-1860
Painted in 1800 when Jefferson was 57
Located at the White House

The first 5¢ perforated

#28 first day of issue cover, August 23rd, 1857

An early use of #28 on a cover to France from New Orleans

You would assume that #27 had an earlier issue date than #28. In fact #28 was the first of the 1857/58 5¢ perforated to be issued. Some of the plates from the imperforate issue were still useable and the red brown shade (#28) printed with these plates, probably the 1856 plates.