Oscar Berger-Levrault (1826 - 1903)

If you’ve been reading this series from the beginning, you’ll have noticed that the French had a fair amount of input into establishing philately as we know it today, writes Devlan Kruck, and their contributions were particularly noteworthy in the very early days of stamp collecting.

In fact, it wasn’t that long ago that we thanked Georges Herpin, our Papa, who birthed the word philately. And it is