Raoul Charles

Raoul Charles

1890

1975 • Guayaquil [Ecuador]

Raoul de Thuin " Raoul Charles de Thuin " ( 1890–1975 ) was a prolific stamp forger and dealer who was originally a citizen of Belgium but who operated from Mérida, Yucatán in Mexico, of which country he eventually became a naturalised citizen De Thuin's work was considered so dangerous to philately that his tools and stock were purchased by the American Philatelic Society in 1966 in order to curtail his activities....

PROF

Forger • Forgery • Forgeries

GUIDE

Raoul Charles

07 February 1892 • Budapest , Hungary

03 June 1964 • Paris , France

French military personnel of World War I • French military personnel of World War II • Captain

Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr

French of Hungarian descent

Recipient of the Croix de Guerre • Recipient of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 of France • Recipient of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 of France • Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur • Recipient of the Médaille Militaire • Recipient of the Military Cross • Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire • Recipient of the Silver Star • Foreign Recipient of the Legion of Merit • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav

Lieutenant General • Colonel • Lieutenant Colonel

BOSS

Raoul Charles

Raoul Charles