Georges Fouré

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Georges Fouré

Georges Fouré (born October 5, 1843 in Paris , † September 9, 1902 in Paris) was a Franco-German philatelist and stamp forger .

Life

In 1852 Fouré came to Berlin with his mother Marie Pauline . Between 1865 and 1872 he stayed in France again and then worked as a language teacher and translator in Berlin and traded in postage stamps. He was the founder and editor of the "Berliner Illustrierte Briefmarken-Zeitung" from approx. 1877 to 1887. Fouré is characterized by his expertise in old German envelopes and forged them. He imitated no actually existing Stamps by, but even created new brands and stamp imprints using original printing plates, paper stock and partly original colors. Since these things could not be bought in stores, accomplices were suspected to be from the Reichsdruckerei workforce . Carl Lindenberg and Franz Kalckhoff together uncovered his forgeries.

Participation in associations

  • Association for Postage Stamp Studies in Berlin; Founding member in 1877
  • German Philately Society in Berlin (1880 to 1893); as founding member, board member
  • Société Française de Timbrologie, Paris; there he was expelled in 1880

literature

  • Georges Fouré. In: Wolfgang Maassen: Real or False? Forgeries and counterfeiters of philately , Phil Creativ Verlag, Schwalmtal 2003, ISBN 3-932198-48-4 , pages 122 to 141
  • 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 56
  • Wolfgang Maassen: Who is who in philately? , Volume 2, E – H, Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal, 3rd edition, 2017, ISBN 978-3-932198-96-0 , pp. 98-100
  • Reinhard Metz: Georges Fouré. The story of a brilliant philatelist and forger , Phil Creativ Verlag, 1st edition 2009, 352 pages, ISBN 978-3-932198-84-7
  • Varro E. Tyler .: Philatelic Forgers: Their Lives and Works. , 2nd edition, publisher: Linn's Stamp News, USA 1991, pp. 29-32
  • Fouré's life data finally verified! In: Wolfgang Maassen, Phila Historica. Journal for Philatelic History and Philatelic Literature, Phil Creativ Verlag, Schwalmtal 2018, issue 4/2018, p. 5

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personal data
SURNAME Fouré, Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franco-German stamp forger
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1902
Place of death Paris