Béla Székula

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Stamp expert mark of Béla Sekula during his Luzern period of life.

Béla Székula, also Bela Sekula (1881–1966), was a Hungarian philatelist, stamp dealer and forger who lived in Hungary, Switzerland and the USA.

Early life and family[]

Béla Székula was born in Hungary in 1881. He was the father of the artist Sonia Sekula[1] and the brother of the stamp dealers , Frank Sekula (the Frasek Company) and (Charles Sekula).[2]

Career[]

Sekula 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[]

Székula died in 1966.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Sonja Sekula - Time Line".
  2. ^ "Sekula Stamp Dealer Poster Labels", Ed Pieklo, The Cinderella Philatelist, Vol. 59, No. 3 (Whole No. 235) (July 2019), pp. 110-116.
  3. ^ "Bela Sekula (Szekula)". The Players in Ethiopian Philately. Doig's Ethiopian Stamp Catalogue; Ken Doig. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  4. ^ "Tannu Tuva 1911—1944". Timelines of History. The World at War. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  5. ^ "The Finland Collection of Ludvig Lindberg and its Dispersal" by Jeffrey Stone in The London Philatelist, No. 1396, June 2012, Vol. 121.
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