AUDREY HEPBURN LEFT AN INDELIBLE IMPRESSION, AN IMPRINT OF GRACIOUS COMPASSION AND RESPECT, WHICH ENDURES IN A FASHION AS TIMELESS AS HER HER HEART. IN 2002 THE GERMAN MINISTRY OF FINANCE DECIDED TO HONOR HEPBURN WITH A STAMP AND ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE AUDREY HEPBURN CHILDREN'S FUND (AHCF). DUE TO AND INTERNAL BREAKDOWN THE PRINTING OF THE 14 MILLION STAMPS FOR THE GERMAN POST WAS ORDERED PRIOR TO OBTAINING THE CONTRACTUAL APPROVALS FROM THE AHCF. THE AHCF, UNAWARE OF THE PRINTING, ORDERED THE ENTIRE STOCK DESTROYED...BUT FOR THREE SHEETS, I KEPT BY THE MINISTRY, I BY THE PRINTER AND ONE LOCATED RECENTLY IN A FILE IN THE OFFICE OF SEAN HEPBURN FERRER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AHCF. THESE STAMPS ARE TODAY, BY AGREEMENT WITH THE MINISTRY, THE ONLY UN-POSTED SPECIMENS AVAILABLE FOR SALE (5 POSTMARKED STAMPS WERE SOLD AT AUCTION FOR THE PRICES RANGING FROM 50,000 TO 125,000 EUROS. IT IS BELIEVED THAT SOMEONE HIGH UP INSIDE THE MINISTRY PICKED A SINGLE SHEET HOT OFF THE PRESS AND SENT LETTERS TO FRIENDS). THE MINT CONDITION SHEET OF 10 STAMPS IS THE OBJECT OF UNPRECEDENTED DESIRABILITY AND UNIQUE VALUE IN THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE OF MODERN PHILATELY. THE MINIMUM RESERVE IS SET AT A RECORD 500,000 EUROS. THE AUDREY HEPBURN STAMP IS ESTIMATED TO REACH CLOSE TO A MILLION EUROS ON THE FINAL HAMMER. 100% OF THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO CHARITY THROUGH THE AHCF AND UNICEF. THE AUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE ON 16.OCTOBER IN BERLIN AND WILL PROVIDE 300 SEATS, MOST OF WHICH HAVE BEEN RESERVED IN ADVANCE. THE DEMAND AND REQUESTS HAVE BEEN SO NUMEROUS AND HAS ALREADY GONE TO A 'WAITING LIST'.
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