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In the United States at the outbreak of the Second World War, Billig temporarily changed his name to Fritz
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produced a 44 part handbook of philatelic forgeries between 1933 and 1938. He began to publish his handbook on postmarks in German which was continued in
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From 1939 he began to publish Billig's
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where his address was given as 1 Herreng 6/4, Vienna, Austria, however, he was forced to flee to the United States after the
Anschluss where he continued his career in
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In the late 1960s, the firm of HJMR Co. of Miami Beach, Florida, succeeded to Billig's business and reprinted the Billig
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which was published loose-leaf in three languages and ran to over 200 pages before it was abandoned. He appeared in the 1938
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in 1938 and continued his career from
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index to philatelic literature. 1936. Loose leaf. Discontinued c. 1938.
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In 1936 he founded and was the editor of the
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The Blue Book of Philately: "Who's Who" in the Stamp World
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44 Volumes of mixed content from 1942. (see links below)
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Illustrated Handbook of U.S. Naval Postmarks, Part I.
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