Showing photos of ‘special’ stamps, social media users shared posts claiming that the image shows the Netherlands government’s special postal stamps, issued to commemorate 100 years of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
Who shared this claim?: Among other social media users, the official pages of the Bharatiya Janata Party, its IT cell head Amit Malviya, Madhya Pradesh’s Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla shared this claim.
An archived version of this claim can be seen here. (Source: YouTube/Screenshot) 
An archived version of this claim can be seen here. (Source: YouTube/Screenshot) 
An archived version of this claim can be seen here. (Source: YouTube/Screenshot) 
An archived version of this claim can be seen here. (Source: YouTube/Screenshot)
Archives of more posts sharing this claim can be seen here and here.)
Is it true?: There are no credible reports to confirm that the Dutch government has issued any such stamps, making the claim false.
How do we know?: To know whether the Netherlands had released such a stamp or issued any official statement expressing support for the RSS, we ran a keyword search.
- However, we did not find any credible reports or official releases in English or Dutch.
- We noticed that the image carried a logo for an organisation called the ‘Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh Nederland’.
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