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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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