José Lorenzo Cossío y Cosío
José Lorenzo Cossío y Cosío (born Mexico City, 12 May 1902[1] - died 1975) was a Mexican judge,[2] philatelist and philatelic writer whose collection of philatelic literature is now in the . He collected over six thousand works on Mexican philately and was an expert on philatelic fakes and forgeries.[3]
Legal career[]
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During his legal career he was the Director of Legal Affairs for the PNR.[2]
Selected philatelic publications[]
The following are publications authored by José Lorenzo Cossío y Cosío.[3]
- México Emisión Postal 1874-1883. 1932.
- La falsificación de algunos timbres postales antiguos de México. 1932.
- Los timbres mexicanos de ocho reales de 1861, negro y café con sobre-carga "APAM". 1935.
- Los timbres de tres centavos del Imperio de Maximiliano and the Álbum postal instructivo de la República Mexicana. 1936.
- México primera emisión postal para el exterior. 1937.
- México álbum postal histórico. 1956.
- Sellos usados en las oficinas del correo de la República Mexicana durante los años de 1868 a 1879. 1961.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "COSSIO COSIO, Jose Lorenzo" in Lajoie, Lucien F. (Ed.) (1972) Who's Notable in Mexico. Volume 1. Who's Who in Mexico/University of Texas, p. 51.
- ^ a b Cossío y Cosío, Roberto in Camp, Roderic Ai. Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-2009. p. 228.
- ^ a b Philately Library José Lorenzo Cossío y Cosío Museum of Philately of Oaxaca, 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
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Categories:
- 1902 births
- 1975 deaths
- Philately of Mexico
- Mexican philatelists
- Mexican judges