Alfred Potiquet
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François-Gabriel-Alfred Potiquet(4 December 1820 – 9 April 1883) was a French official who was responsible for the firststamp cataloguein the world.[1]The 1861 first edition is held by theRoyal Philatelic Society London.[2]
Alfred Potiquet developed his catalogue on the basis of thepostage stampandpostal stationeryregister of theStrasbourgbookseller,Oscar Berger-Levrault.In fact, that register is referred to as the world's first stamp catalogue, although it was not intended for the public. Potiquet added a lot of stamp issues which had been overlooked by Oscar Berger-Levrault and corrected his errors.
His work was published in December 1861 inParisunder the title, "Catalogue des timbres-poste crées dans les divers états du globe".It already contained 1080 postage stamps and 132 postal stationeries. This much improved stamp catalogue was still not error-free. For example, there was no information about stamps which were still unknown at that time, such asthe "Post Office" stamps of Mauritius.
Besides these stamp catalogues of Oscar Berger-Levrault and Alfred Potiquet, there was a similar work made in parallel inEnglandbyJohn Edward Gray.[3]
See also
[edit]- Frederick Booty,author of the first illustrated stamp catalogue in English.
References
[edit]- ^Alfred Potiquet,Catalogue des timbres-poste créés dans les divers états du globe, dressé par Alfred Potiquet.2e édition. Paris: E. Lacroix, 1862.
- ^"The Library", The Royal Philatelic Society London.
- ^John Edward Gray,A Hand Catalogue of Postage Stamps for the use of the Collector.London, Robert Hardwicke (1862).
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