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Lemaire, Théophile (1865 - 1943)
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M. Theophile Lemaire
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- Born
- 1865
- Died
- 1943
- Occupation
- Post Office owner, Stamp collector and Stamp dealer
- Summary
Théophile Lemaire was dealing in stamps by the age of twenty. By 1899 he was well established in premises on one of Paris’s better streets, the Avenue de l’Opera, and employed almost thirty people in his stamp business. Along the way the French dealer, 'a typical French gentleman … always smiling', had exhibited at numerous philatelic exhibitions, been regularly rewarded with medals, and published his own stamp catalogues, albums and magazine. His fame was assured – and perhaps his taste for the Post Office acquired – with the purchase of Dr Legrand’s great collection in 1897.
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Bibliography
Books
- Who's Who in Philately, London. [ Details... ]
- Rabier, Pascal, Regard sur la Presse Philatelique Française, T.II Les Publications Commerciales depuis 1864, Paris, 1986. [ Details... ]
Ephemeras
- Lemaire, Théophile, 'Les Timbres les Plus Rares du Monde, Post Office Maurice, 1 penny et 2 pence', La Cote Réelle des Timbres-Poste, second series, no.9, Théophile Lemaire, Paris, 31 January 1903, p. loose. [ Details... ]
Journal Articles
- 'Les "Post Office" de Maurice - Histoire de tous le Examplaire Connus', Le Philatéliste Francais, no. 70, December 1899, pp. 723-25. [ Details... ]
- 'Les "Post Office" de Maurice - Histoire de tous le Examplaire Connus', Le Philatéliste Francais, no. 72, February 1900, pp. 798-803. [ Details... ]
- 'Les "Post Office" de Maurice - Histoire de tous le Examplaire Connus', Le Philatéliste Francais, no. 71, January 1900, pp. 763-66. [ Details... ]
- Buhl, Theodore, 'Editorial Interviews: M. Theophile Lemaire', The Philatelic Record, vol. 21, no. 6, June 1899, pp. 123-24. [ Details... ]
- Lemaire, Théophile, 'Deux nouveaux "Post-Office" de Maurice', La Cote Réelle des Timbres-Poste, second series, no.9, 31 January 1903, pp. 1-7. [ Details... ]
- Moens, Jean-Baptiste, 'Encore les Post-Office de Maurice', Le Timbre-Poste, no. 441, September 1899, pp. 141-42. [ Details... ]
- Moens, Jean-Baptiste, 'Encore les Post-Office de Maurice', Le Timbre-Poste, no. 438, June 1899, pp. 87-93. [ Details... ]
Journal Notes
- 'Post Office Mauritius by the Score', London Philatelist, vol. 8, no. 92, August 1899, pp. 208-09. [ Details... ]
- 'Encore les Post Office de Maurice', Le Philatéliste Francais, no. 75, May 1900. [ Details... ]
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- Title
- M. Theophile Lemaire
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- Title
- Les Timbres les Plus Rares du Monde, Post Office Maurice, 1 penny et 2 pence
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- 1903
- Publisher
- Théophile Lemaire
- Details
Prepared by: Helen Morgan
Created: 16 March 2006, Last modified: 29 August 2006