Jacques Legrand (philatelist)

Jacques Amable Legrand ( born August 29, 1820 France, † June 6, 1912 ibid ) was one of the first French philatelists in the nineteenth century, one of the first organizers in Philately and one of the first of the conducted research in this field of knowledge. He had the pseudonym Dr. Magnus.

Life

He was active for the journal Le Timbrophile and together with Pierre Mahé, he invented the Perforation Gauge.

In contrast to Georges Herpin and Arthur Maury, the "Philately" preferred the term, he wanted to name the collection area in " Timbrologie ".

On 14 June 1875 he was a founder of the Société Française de Timbrologie, one of the most important philatelic institutions in France and acted as his secretary and Arthur de Rothschild was its president. Among the early members were Arthur Maury, despite the disagreement about the term " philately ", and the painter Gustave Caillebotte.

Dr. Legrand was editor of " Le timbre fiscal " which brought out by Jean -Baptiste Moens, since January 1874. He also had both a Red, and a Blue Mauritius with the Moens numbers VI and VII in his collection.

Awards

Works

• Les écritures et la legende des timbres du Japon, 1878. ( A study on early Japanese stamps. )