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Emperor, who made it his embassy in France. Upon the death of his father, Ferrary renounced all of the titles. He was then adopted by the
Austrian Count de La Renotière von Kriegsfeld and he adopted Austrian nationality. It is said that Ferrary was illegitimate and that he was adopted by his natural
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Ferrary also assembled a large collection of rare coins. His
British numismatic collection was sold by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge in London over five days from 27–31 March 1922. The title of the sale did not mention Ferrary by name, but read as follows: “Catalogue of the Famous and Remarkable
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Ferrary started collecting in his youth, and then he inherited a great fortune of approximately 120,000,000 French francs (ÂŁ5 million), which he dedicated to the purchase of rare stamps and coins. His collection is believed to have been the greatest ever assembled, and it may never be equalled.
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Records show he may have returned to Paris in 1916, which would have been the last time he saw his collection. France seized his stamp collection as war reparations, because as an
Austrian citizen he was "technically an enemy of France." Ferrary had also "clearly expressed pro-German views," and
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where he died soon afterwards, and so did not see the dismantling of his life's work after the war. The French government confiscated
Ferrary's collection, claiming it as a war reparation. The massive assemblage was auctioned off between 1921 and 1926, in 14 separate sales, realizing some 30
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Ferrary adopted a new nationality more than once in his life. He was born an
Italian in France, and took French nationality in 1871. After his father died in 1876, he was adopted by Count von Kriegsfeld and took Austrian nationality as mentioned above; he adopted the right of residence in
437:, a leading Paris stamp dealer, as a consultant or curator to examine and keep order in his collection from 1874 until Mahé died in 1913. Also, he had two secretaries, who were paid large salaries: one to look after the postage stamps and the other the postcards, envelopes, and
297:(heir apparent to the French throne) take up residence at the Rue de Varenne. He came to occupy the ground floor of the HĂ´tel Matignon. The Duchess soon became disenchanted with the adverse social environment for the monarchists, quit Paris, and left HĂ´tel Matignon to the
430:, the first clue that an inverted cliché existed on the Buenos Aires “In Ps” plate of the “barquitos” (steamships) was the report of a single stamp with part of the adjoining stamp rotated 180 degrees and it had been acquired by Ferrary for his collection.
470:, along with funds for maintenance, 30,000 guldens. He also stipulated that the collection was "not to be integrated into the existing postal museum collection" but was to be "exhibited in a separate room". But as a citizen of Austria living in France,
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Collection of
British and Colonial Coins, Patterns & Proofs from George III to the Present Day, Formed by a Nobleman, Recently Deceased.” The catalogue had 710 lots and 15 plates. Other sales of his French and ancient coins were held in Paris.
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These sales enabled several famous collectors at the time to acquire the rarest philatelic items known, which, arguably, contributed to the development of the hobby in the first part of the 20th century. The
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January 1920," and auctioned off after his death, from 1921 to 1926. The French government decided that proceeds from the auction would be "deducted from the war reparations owed by
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pair appeared in the
Ferrary sale held on June 13, 1923. It realized FFr 37,600 (US $ 2,400) (including the 17.5% surcharge), an extraordinary sum for the time. It was acquired by Alfred F. Lichtenstein.
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133:, a fact that ultimately led to the French government seizing, and subsequently auctioning, his stamp collection after his death in 1917. Because France and Austria were enemies during the
559:, 20 May 1917. He "suffered a fatal heart attack in a taxicab, reportedly returning from a visit with a local stamp dealer." His last resting place, as "Philipp Arnold", is in
571:. He had been a frequent visitor to the Attersee, where he bought a house in 1890, and had been a generous benefactor to the community in the guise of "a friend of Austria".
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in 1885, an act equivalent to taking Austrian nationality. In 1908, he took Swiss citizenship but remained an Austrian national. He was in Holland when the
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called Germany "his dear country." Regardless, his visits to France were becoming more rare. His collection was seized "under provisions of the
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put him at risk. Leaving his several hundred albums in the Austrian embassy, he fled to Vienna early in 1915 and then to
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traded the Hôtel de Matignon for the Élysée Palace. It is now the official residence of the Prime Minister of France.
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O. Gross, K. Gryżewsky - "Incursiune în lumea timbrelor". (Romanian translation, Ed. Albatros - Bucharest - 1983)
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Ferrary is featured on a 1968 stamp of Liechtenstein, 30 rp red brown, Scott no. 448, SG no. 496.
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reads "Philipp von Ferrary". Collectors and dealers usually refer to him simply as "Ferrary".
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Ferrary was the son of the Duke and Duchess of Galliera. His father,
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stamps, which has been called "the greatest item in all philately".
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Der Briefmarkenkonig: der Lebensroman Philipp Arnold von Ferraris
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František Žampach, "Pan Filatelista - Pan Filip de Ferrari",
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nationality through his friendly relations with the ruling
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973:. Vienna: Verlag Ludwig Helwig Prien/Chiemsee, 1982? 79p.
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father. Thereafter, he preferred the name "Ferrary"; his
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Arthur Hind...became an American citizen in July, 1896
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Mauritius: Classic Postage Stamps and Postal History
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Mail and Postage Stamps of Nineteenth-Century Hawaii
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Die Ferrary-Auktionen: Paris 1921-1925, Zurich 1929
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273:Ferrary's mother, the Duchess of Galliera, born
782:. H.L. Lindquist. September 1932. p. 261.
876:"More on the Count Ferrari (sic) Collection",
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234:. Raffaele de Ferrari was co-founder of the
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966:. Stuttgart: Joachim Erhardt, 1987 c.1000p.
931:AtterWiki - Philipp von Ferrary (in German)
125:Of Italian family background, Ferrary took
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689:"Philip Ferrari de La Renotière (PHD)"
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849:Stamp Collecting as a Pastime
846:Nankivell, Edward J. (1902).
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