Franz Kalckhoff

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Franz Andreas Anton Kalckhoff (born November 30, 1860 in Charlottenburg ; † February 13, 1955 in Einbeck ) was a German philatelist and chemist. He is best known as a writer, editor of philatelic literature and expert on postal stationery . The " Kalckhoff Medal " was named after him.

Life

He has been interested in philately since childhood . When he was still attending school, he read the Deutsche Briefmarken-Zeitung and the 1874 catalog from Moschkau as early as the 1870s . From 1879 he studied chemistry in Berlin. After graduating, he first worked in Berlin, then from 1885 for the Höchst color works. From 1889 he worked in England as a color chemist in Huddersfield . He later worked for a short time in Prague and then again in Berlin from 1892. From September 1, 1893, he worked as a chemist in the Reich Patent Office. There, the next career steps from 1901 were civil servant councilor, 1912 secret councilor and 1921 senior councilor. In 1925 he retired. The bombing raids on Berlin induced him to move to Einbeck with his daughter and son-in-law in 1943.

Kalckhoff published his philatelic works and specialist articles partly with the pseudonym "Franz Andreas", "A. Franz "or" ff ". Together with his collector friend Carl Lindenberg, he uncovered the case of the forger Georges Fouré . In 1891 he took on the editing of the "Illustrierte Briefmarken-Zeitung" for the publishing house E. Heitmann in Leipzig . He was also editor of the “Postage Stamp” in 1926/27. He also edited the Schwaneberger album and was in the editorial staff of the Senf brothers' stamp catalog . He was a member of several domestic and foreign collectors' associations. After he moved to Berlin, he was secretary from 1893 and from 1903 to 1907 chairman of the Berlin Philatelic Club. He had a great fondness for postal stationery and was also a collector of telegraph stamps, telephone tickets and other less-noticed collecting areas.

Private life

From 1933 he was with the widow of Alexander Bungerz, Mrs. Elli Bungerz, geb. Quack married.

Awards

Works

  • About chemical counterfeiting. Essay from 1888; with this he became known for the first time
  • Illustrated directory of all known reprints of state postage stamps together with details of the distinguishing features. Leipzig 1892
  • The Prussian telegraph stamps. in the commemorative publication of 1898 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the "Berlin Philatelist Club"
  • The telegraph stamps and telephone certificates of the German Reich. without year
  • The postcards of the German protected areas and the German post offices abroad. Special print: Deutsche Briefmarken-Zeitung 1902
  • The invention of the postcard and the correspondence cards of the North German Federal Post Office. Published by Hugo Krötzsch & Co, Leipzig 1911
  • The postal stationery for the German protected areas as well as for the German post offices abroad and for the areas occupied during the World War. Borna 1919
  • Philatelic memories of youth. Self-published in 1920
  • The German registered slip. German collector's newspaper, no year
  • 1928: Specialized book about the envelopes of Prussia, which he dedicated to Carl Lindenberg posthumously
  • The Petschek brothers' postal stationery collection , Volume 2 (M to W)

literature

  • Horst Hille: Philately pioneers. Verlag Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal 1995, ISBN 3-928277-17-0 , pp. 75-80
  • Wolfgang Maassen (Ed.): Who is who in philately? A lexicon of well-known philatelists of the 19th and 20th centuries Century. Verlag Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal 1999, ISBN 3-932198-32-8 , p. 97 f.
  • Memories of Dr. Franz Kalckhoff. In: Wolfgang Maassen: Philately: Insights - Outlooks - Perspectives (lectures and unpublished studies) 1999–2012, Phil Creativ GmbH, Schwalmtal 2012, pp. 503–516
  • Hans Meyer: Philately in the "Third Reich". Organizations of collectors and dealers 1933–1945 . o. O. 2006, p. 269 f.
  • In memoriam Franz Kalckhoff. In: Collector Express edition No. 22/1960, p. 428

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Kalckhoff, Dr. phil. Franz (Andreas Anton) ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Wolfgang Maassen (Ed.): Who is who of Philately. 2nd edition, 2005-2007 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bdph.de
  2. ↑ a b c d e Dr. Franz Kalckhoff 70 years. In: Die Postmarke , Vienna, issue No. 227 of November 14, 1930, page 217 (title topic)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h In memoriam Franz Kalckhoff. In: Collector Express edition No. 22/1960, p. 428
  4. ↑ a b Kalckhoff, Dr. phil. Franz (Andreas Anton). In: Wolfgang Maassen (Ed.): Who is who in philately? A lexicon of well-known philatelists of the 19th and 20th centuries Century, Phil * Creativ Verlag, Schwalmtal 1999, ISBN 3-932198-32-8 , page 97 f
  5. ↑ Hans Meyer: Philately in the "Third Reich". Organizations of collectors and dealers 1933–1945 . o. O. 2006, page 261
  6. ↑ a b Kalckhoff . In: Large Encyclopedia of Philately in Two Volumes, Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag 1978, Volume 1, Page 361
  7. ↑ a b History of the Berlin Philatelic Club. Retrieved August 18, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Kalckhoff, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kalckhoff, Franz Andreas Anton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philatelist and chemist
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Charlottenburg
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1955
Place of death Einbeck