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Desbois, Marie (c. 1815 - 1912)
- Born
- c. 1815
Angouleme, France - Died
- 1912
Bordeaux, France - Occupation
- Bookseller and Stamp dealer
- Summary
Marie Desbois was a bookseller based in Bordeaux, with a sideline in stamp dealing by the 1860s. She was the first dealer to handle most of the 'Post Office' stamps found by Madame Borchard, and enjoyed sharing her 'Post Office' stories with the generations of Bordeaux philatelists who visited her little shop. Madame Desbois's name still appeared in the 1902 Bordeaux Annuaire, listed as operating a reading room and a bookshop (selling books old and new), and as dealing in rare stamps. 'One might say', as did one obituarist, 'that a fortune passed through her fingers'.
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Bibliography
Journal Articles
- Moens, Jean-Baptiste, 'Encore les Post-Office de Maurice', Le Timbre-Poste, no. 438, June 1899, pp. 87-93. [ Details... ]
Journal Notes
- 'Nécrologie [obituary of Madame Desbois]', L’Echo de la Timbrologie, no. 459, 15 February 1912, p. 101. [ Details... ]
- 'Les Post Office de Maurice [obituary of Madame Desbois]', Le Timbre-Poste, vol. 3, no. 16-17, 1912, p. 199. [ Details... ]
See also
- Williams, L. N., Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps, vol. 1 of 2, David Feldman, Geneva, 1993. [ Details... ]
Prepared by: Helen Morgan
Created: 14 March 2006, Last modified: 19 July 2006