James Thomas DeVoss (March 22, 1916 – April 8, 2008) was an American

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who was added to the

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in 1981. DeVoss was an expert in the detection of fakes and counterfeits in philately and the director of the

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's expertizing service. He was one of the co-authors of ''The Yucatan affair: the work of Raoul Ch. de Thuin, philatelic counterfeiter'', which described the forgery career of Raoul de Thuin.''New York Times'' article mentioning DeVoss' book
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