Philippe la Renotiere von Ferrari had willed his stamp collection to a Berlin museum, but the French government seized it during World War I.
Sources
- Philately - Notable Stamps, Collections | Britannica (britannica.com)
- https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/world-s-rarest-stamp-now-display-national-postal-museum (si.edu)
- https://www.museumofphilately.com/subsites/j-hackmey-collections/collector/6 (museumofphilately.com)
- https://www.sandafayre.com/blog/ever-owned-a-ferrary/ (sandafayre.com)
- http://catalogue.klaseboer.com/vol1/html/ferrari.htm (catalogue.klaseboer.com)
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