NETHERLANDS: THE MAURITIUS BLUE, ONE OF THE RAREST AND MOST EXPENSIVE STAMPS IN THE WORLD, GOES ON DISPLAY IN AMSTERDAM.

Record ID: 646323

  • Title: NETHERLANDS: THE MAURITIUS BLUE, ONE OF THE RAREST AND MOST EXPENSIVE STAMPS IN THE WORLD, GOES ON DISPLAY IN AMSTERDAM.
  • Date: 10th November 1994
  • Summary: AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (NOVEMBER 10, 1994) (REUTERS TELEVISION - AVAILABLE ALL) 1. GV/CU EXTERIOR OF POSTAL MUSEUM 0.07 2. GV/CUS "MAURITIUS BLUE" STAMP IN DISPLAY CASE 0.20 3. CU ENLARGED PICTURE OF STAMP/BOOK ABOUT STAMP 0.25 4. SV POSTAL MUSEUM DIRECTOR, DR B. KOAVOATS TALKING ABOUT VALUE OF STAMP. SAYS THE LAST COPY WENT ON AUCTION IN ZURICH LAST YEAR AND SOLD FOR 1.5 MILLION SWISS FRANCS (ENGLISH) 0.43 5. GVS/CUS VARIOUS OF DISPLAY 1.00 6. DR.KOAVOATS DESCRIBING STAMP AND POINTING OUT INDIVIDUAL FEATURES (ENGLISH) 1.24 7. GV/SV STAMP ON DISPLAY/SECURITY BY STAMP 1.34 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 25th November 1994 12:00
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  • Location: AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
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  • Country: Netherlands
  • Reuters ID: LVAAFLG8K0TDQ7BY0MSOYZU93CSR
  • Story Text: One of the rarest and most expensive stamps in the world, the Mauritius Blue, was on display under tight security in the Dutch Postal Museum in Amsterdam on Thursday (November 10).

    The museum recently acquired the famous stamp and has valued it at an estimated two million Dutch guilders (1.2 million United States dollars).

    The museum has installed special lights to preserve the stamp and has put two security guards on duty by the exhibit.

    The Mauritius Blue, which dates back to 1847, was designed and printed, along with a Mauritius Red, by a watch maker on an Indian Ocean island. It was originally valued at two pence.

    Printing errors and evidence that the stamp was cut by hand have added to its individuality and, consequently, its value.

    Museum curators say that to ensure the proper conservation of the stamp they will only be able to exhibit it periodically.


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