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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 6 March 1912, Page 6

amateur stamp collector, theBudapest architect, llobert Ho'iitscher. has Just sold hie collection to a dealei for £35.000. Ho began collecting eight \ear.- ago to amu«o hit- little mhi, but soon L.'.camo an enthusiastic philate'ist and in a. few years had invested hundreds of thousand* of crowns in his Lobby. The "collection contains very rare specimens. lihe g-roup of Spanish stamps a lorn* et*t!mate<J to be worth £7OOO. Holitschor is believed to have made a profit of £510.000 on tho transaction. whilst the purchaser, Bela Szekula, expects to make anothei £IO,COO. Szekula bewail collecting when only 14, and two years later, with only 15; in hie ncck't. v.cnt out to Madiigasto r.'.re rolcnia! stamps. Ir "•'vj?* hs bsLime ens «;f the izzzesi he-s:ale -tamp dealers in thcworld. Holitscher is «aid to havo repented of having parted with hie stamps, and has offered to buy them back at an advance of 10 per cent. t

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