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Audrey Hepburn's son barred the stamps' publication
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Around 30 extremely rare postage stamps of the late film star and
United Nations Children Ambassador, Audrey Hepburn, appear to have gone
missing from the German Finance Ministry.
The stamps, picturing Miss Hepburn in a large hat, were part of a
series commemorating Hollywood stars.
They were supposed to appear in Germany in October 2001, but they were
ordered to be destroyed after one of Miss Hepburn's sons withdrew the
rights to their publication.
All proof copies were recalled but one set, given to the German Finance
Ministry, has not been traced.
Now a spokesman for the Federation of German Stamp Collectors, has told
the reporter that a collector from southern Germany is in possession of
one of the stamps, with a postmark dating from the autumn of this year.
The German Finance Ministry says it cannot be certain that all the
stamps were destroyed.
In the hands of a collector, the stamps could be worth around $27,000
(19,839 euros or ￡13,976) each.
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大约30枚极其珍贵的邮票从德国财政部“不翼而飞”，这些邮票是有关已故电影明星、联合国儿童大使奥黛丽·赫本的。
这些邮票是好莱坞明星纪念邮票系列中的一枚，上面印有头戴宽边帽的赫本头像。
这些邮票本应于2001年10月在德国发行，但是赫本的一个儿子撤消了这张邮票的出版权，因此它们被下令销毁。
所有已发行的样票都已被追回，只有寄往德国财政部的一批邮票没有收回。
现在，德国集邮爱好者联盟的一位发言人对记者说，德国南部的一位集邮者拥有这些邮票中的一枚，邮戳显示的日期是今年秋天。
德国财政部表示，目前不能确定是否所有的“赫本”邮票确实都已被销毁。
如果这些邮票落入收藏家的手中，每张的价值约为2.7万美元（折合19839
欧元或13976英镑）。
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