Béla Székula, also Bela Sekula (1881–1966), was a Hungarian philatelist, stamp dealer and forger who lived in Hungary, Switzerland and the USA.
Béla Székula | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1881 |
| Died | 1961 (aged 72–73) |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Occupation | Philatelists |
| Spouse | Berta Huguenin |
Early life and family
editBéla Székula was born in Hungary in 1881. He was the father of the artist Sonia Sekula[1] and the brother of the stamp dealers Eugen Sekula, Frank Sekula (the Frasek Company) and Geza Sekula (Charles Sekula).[2]
Career
editSekula is known for his involvement in making forged reprints of the 1919 Animal and Rulers issue of Ethiopia in 1931.[3] In addition, he was involved in producing many other dubious stamp issues by the creation and issuing of local stamps - for example in Lucerne, Switzerland - and by overprinting existing stamps. He was even thought to be behind the production of stamps for the region of Tannu Tuva during 1934-1936.[4]
In 1928 and 1929 he was responsible for the auction of large parts of the Ludvig Lindberg collection of Finland.[5]
Death
editSzékula died in 1966.
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Sonja Sekula - Time Line".
- ^ "Sekula Stamp Dealer Poster Labels", Ed Pieklo, The Cinderella Philatelist, Vol. 59, No. 3 (Whole No. 235) (July 2019), pp. 110-116.
- ^ "Bela Sekula (Szekula)". The Players in Ethiopian Philately. Doig's Ethiopian Stamp Catalogue; Ken Doig. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ^ "Tannu Tuva 1911—1944". Timelines of History. The World at War. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
- ^ "The Finland Collection of Ludvig Lindberg and its Dispersal" by Jeffrey Stone in The London Philatelist, No. 1396, June 2012, Vol. 121.