Publication Date:
Sat, 2011-02-05 23:30
The two men entered the stationery store on the main
street in the village of Barsbuettel armed with pistols and demanded money from
the store's 40-year-old owner, police spokeswoman Sonja Kurz said. But when the
owner opened the store's safe, the thousands of aromatic stamps were the only
contents worth taking.
The stamps have a rose motif and an individual value of
55 cents, enough to mail a letter within Germany. "Stamps like these can
easily be sold for prices lower than their face value," Kurz said, adding
that stolen stamps often appear on online marketplaces like eBay. "They
can also send a lot of love letters."
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