the predominant art-repro master was Francois Fournier ... based in Geneve, the home of the UPU; his newsletter le fac-simile reached a 25000 circulation ... the album presented over 4600 issues worldwide.
after his death in 1917, the remainder production was complied in sets with a backstamp "faux" .
his agent in france was named mercier, who predeceased fournier. the collection was likely an assembly of work from various graphic artists of the time ... some of maeda's work included. in japan, known catalogers were maeda and wada, takahashi a dealer also offered a list and album.
the late 19c catalog and album production was somewhat random ... the philatelic reporting was often based on rumour rather than fact . national catalogs, societies or academies were in nascent stages...
london, paris, bruxelles, berlin were philatelic centers ... all competing and trying to qualify and quantify stamp issues ....
I now regret disposing of my 1900 world catalog...
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