Reinhard Krippner

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Reinhard Krippner (born March 6, 1862 in Adorf / Vogtl. , † January 19, 1942 in Sausalito , United States ) was one of the earliest German stamp forgers .

Life

Krippner was certainly not the first German stamp forger, but one of the first to forge philatelic material on a large scale and became one of the most notorious stamp forgers of all. Krippner was a stamp dealer and forged stamps on a large scale between 1888 and 1890. In a trial in 1891 it emerged that he had primarily specialized in forged stamp impressions on genuine old German postage stamps. He was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison.

In 1895 he first emigrated to Newfoundland and finally died in Sausalito / California .

literature

  • Wolfgang Maassen / Hans Friebe (with the assistance of Peter Motsen): Reinhard Krippner: A legendary forger and a virtuoso artist , Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal 2018, ISBN 978-3-928277-93-8
  • Wolfgang Maassen: Real or Fake? Forgeries and forgers in philately , Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal 2003, ISBN 3-932198-48-4 , pp. 114–121
  • Hans Friebe: Krippner and his falsifications , Freiberg 1989

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ there were apparently already different versions of birth dates in circulation; see. Wolfgang Maassen / Hans Friebe: Reinhard Krippner: A legendary forger and a virtuoso artist , ISBN 978-3-928277-93-8 , p. 9
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Maassen / Hans Friebe: Reinhard Krippner: A legendary forger and a virtuoso artist , ISBN 978-3-928277-93-8 , p. 155
personal data
SURNAME Krippner, Reinhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German stamp forger
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Adorf / Vogtl.
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1942
Place of death Sausalito