Catalogue information

LastDodo number
854583
Area
Stamps
Title
King William III
Face value
25
Country / area
Year
1867
Month
Day
Order Number in Issue
5
Basic colour
Exact colour
Usage
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Item subject
Michel number
Yvert number
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
NVPH number
11IIv
Printing office
Perforation
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details

Type II. 06 October 2015 - At an auction in the Netherlands, a stamp from 1867 went under the hammer for € 102,000. It is a 25 cent stamp with the statue of the Dutch king Willem III. The auction took place last weekend in Weesp near Amsterdam. Candidates from different countries made a bid over the phone, but in the end a Dutchman took the seal. She or he deposited € 102,000 for the jewel. That makes the stamp the most expensive Dutch stamp ever. The stamp dates from 1867 and has a face value of 25 cents. The sculpture is that of King Willem III, who was on the Dutch throne at that time. According to the organizers of the auction, this is the only so-called "MNH" copy of the stamp.

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