Mariano Pardo de Figueroa
Mariano Pardo de Figueroa of Medina (18 November 1828 – 11 December 1918), who used the nom-de-plume Dr. Thebussem (or Thebussen), was a Spanish nobleman and philatelist who was one of the "Fathers of Philately" entered on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921. He was elected an Ordinary Member of The Philatelic Society, London, now the Royal Philatelic Society London, in 1870 and an Honorary Member of that Society in 1875, and as such he was one of the first members of the Society.
Mariano Pardo de Figueroa
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- Name
- Mariano Pardo de Figueroa
- Born
- 18 November 1828
- Died
- 11 December 1918
- Occupation
- Philatelist
- Full name
- Mariano Pardo de Figueroa y de la Serna.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Honours
- Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII, Roll of Distinguished Philatelists and Father of philately.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Election as an honorary member probably related to the rule that once existed that full members should be resident in London. According to Gibbons Stamp Weekly, de Figueroa was given the title of "Honorary Postman of Spain and her Possessions" for postal reforms in that country and the privilege of free postage for his services to science. The pen name "Thebussem" was created from an anagram of "embustes" (Spanish for "lies" or "tall tales"), with an H and an S added to Germanize it. The well-known Spanish writer Dionisio Pérez Gutiérrez chose to go by the pseudonym "Post-Thebussem" as a show of support for de Figueroa.
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• Name — Mariano Pardo de Figueroa • Born — 18 November 1828 • Died — 11 December 1918 • Pen Name — Thebussem • Occupation — Philatelist
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• Literatura philatélica en España. Apuntes para la redaccion de un catálogo. 1876. • La mesa moderna. 1888. • Fruslerías postales. 1895. • Algo de philatelia. 1899.
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- 1.Notice d'autorité personne: Thebussem, Doctor (1828-1918). Bibliothèque nationale de France.
- 2."The Royal Philatelic Society, London. 1869 - April 10th - 1929." by Percy de Worms in The London Philatelist, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 447, March 1929, pp. 52-56.
- 3."Philatelic peculiarities" by W. Ward in Gibbons Stamp Weekly, November 1908, p. 311.
- 4.Díaz Pérez, Eva. Doctor Thebussem, el rey de los apócrifos. El Mundo. 20 January 2010.
- 5.Anderson, Lara. Spanish Culinary Autochtony & Culinary Modernity: Maria Mestayer de Echagüe's La cocina completa & Platos escogidos de la cocina vasca. Cincinnati Romance Review. 33. 98–113. Winter 2012.
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