Béla Székula

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
Born1881
Died1961 (aged 72–73)
NationalityHungarian
OccupationPhilatelists
SpouseSonja Sekula
Stamp expert mark of Béla Sekula during his Luzern period of life.

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 Eugen Sekula, Frank Sekula (the Frasek Company) and Geza Sekula (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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Béla Sekula.
  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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