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Description The earliest known Dutch Post office stone 1632. The inscription translated reads: "Hereunder lie letters from the commander Dirk van der Lee and vice-commander P Crook with the ships Nassau, Frederik Hendrik, Nimegen Wessel and the galliots. Arrived here 9 April 1632 from Batavia and departed 15th ditto."
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