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King Willem III, The Netherlands (Nederland), first emission, orange, stamp,1852

country: The Netherlands (Nederland)
topic: King Willem III - 1e emission
theme: kings
type of stamp: postal stamp
engraving type: Pressure Plate
design: Hinbergh, V.J. en Kaiser, J.W.
color: orange
year: 1852
postal value: 15 c

The blue one with a postal value of 5 c was the first emission for stamps of the Netherlands.

comments:
watermark: Post Horn

values:
mint stamp: € 2.000,00
unused: € 300,00
grading: € 32,00

Information:
William III (Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk) (19 February 1817 – 23 November 1890) was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849 until his death and the Duke of Limburg until the abolition of the Duchy in 1866. (source: Wikipedia, read more about King Willem III on Wikipedia)
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