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    The Blue Penny Museum in Port Louis, Mauritius opened in 2001 and houses the rare original 1847 Blue Penny and Red Penny stamps, which were purchased for $2 million in 1993 and returned to Mauritius after almost 150 years. The museum also displays a copy of the original 1881 statue of Paul and Virginia while keeping the rare stamps and statue illuminated only temporarily for conservation.

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    The Blue Penny Museum in Port Louis, Mauritius opened in 2001 and houses the rare original 1847 Blue Penny and Red Penny stamps, which were purchased for $2 million in 1993 and returned to Mauritius after almost 150 years. The museum also displays a copy of the original 1881 statue of Paul and Virginia while keeping the rare stamps and statue illuminated only temporarily for conservation.

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    The Blue Penny Museum in Port Louis, Mauritius opened in 2001 and houses the rare original 1847 Blue Penny and Red Penny stamps, which were purchased for $2 million in 1993 and returned to Mauritius after almost 150 years. The museum also displays a copy of the original 1881 statue of Paul and Virginia while keeping the rare stamps and statue illuminated only temporarily for conservation.

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    The Blue Penny Museum is a stamp museum at Caudan Waterfront in Port Louis, the

    capital of Mauritius. It opened in November 2001.[1]

    The museum collection includes the 1847 Blue Penny and Red Penny stamps. The stamps
    were bought in 1993 for $2,000,000 by a consortium of Mauritian enterprises headed
    by The Mauritius Commercial Bank and brought back to Mauritius after almost 150
    years.[1] For conservation, the originals are illuminated only temporarily. Most of
    the time only copies are to be seen.

    The museum, founded by The Mauritius Commercial Bank,[1] also houses the original
    statue of Paul and Virginia, created in 1881 by Prosper d'�pinay.[2]

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