Maurice Burrus

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Maurice Burrus

Maurice Burrus (born March 8, 1882 in Dambach-la-Ville , † December 5, 1959 in Lausanne ) was an Alsatian businessman, politician and philatelist .

Life

Burrus came from a rich family of tobacco manufacturers from Alsace. After completing his studies, he took over the management of the family business. Later he was a member of the French parliament.

He had been interested in postage stamps since the age of 7 and put together one of the largest general collections ever. In the 1920s he bought about a quarter of the Ferrary collection and in 1934 also large parts of Arthur Hind's collection , including the one-off Bordeaux cover .

He was also interested in history and supported excavations in Provence .

Honors

  • 1968 Postage stamp of the Principality of Liechtenstein ( Michel -Nr. 505) with a portrait of him, as a stamp from the sentence with the name "Pioneers of Philately".

literature

  • Wolfgang Maaßen: Who is who in Philately , Volume 1 A – D, 3rd edition from 2011, ISBN 978-3-932198-92-2 , pp. 213–215
  • The World's Greatest Stamp Collectors. Fell Publishers, Inc., Hollywood, Florida, ISBN 0-8119-0668-X , pp. 234-250
  • Carlrichard Brühl: History of Philately , Volume 1, Hildesheim et al., Olms 1985. ISBN 3-487-07619-5 , pp. 227-233

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lieselotte Kugler (ed.), Andreas Hahn (ed.): Die Blaue Mauritius. The meeting of the queens in Berlin. A publication of the Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunications 2011, exhibition catalog in German and English, ISBN 978-3-9813202-1-3 , page 175
  2. ^ Jan Billion, David Feldman, Andreas Hahn: The biographies of all Mauritius Post Office stamps. In: Lieselotte Kugler (Hrsg.), Andreas Hahn (Hrsg.): Die Blaue Mauritius. The meeting of the queens in Berlin. A publication by the Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunications Berlin 2011, exhibition catalog in German and English, ISBN 978-3-9813202-1-3 , page 225 f
  3. ↑ 150 Years of Fascination Mauritius - The Crown Jewel of Philately, Borek, Braunschweig 1998, page 13
  4. ↑ Helen Morgan: Blue Mauritius - The Hunt for the world's most valuable stamps , Atlantic Books London 2009, ISBN 978-1-84354-436-4 , page 161
personal data
SURNAME Burrus, Maurice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Alsatian entrepreneur, politician and philatelist
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Dambach-la-Ville
DATE OF DEATH 5th December 1959
Place of death Lausanne