Jean Ferdinand Joubert de la Ferté (15 September 1810 – 17 November 1884)"Joubert's Long Head as used for the Great Britain Revenue Stamps of 1855" by Malcolm J. Givans in ''

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by engraver, photographer and inventor who developed new photographic techniques and engraved dies for numerous notable

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. His engravings were used to produce stamps of the United Kingdom, the Confederate States of America, Belgium, Italy and several British colonies including British Columbia and Vancouver Island, Ceylon, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Malta (the Halfpenny Yellow), Mauritius and New South Wales.

Life

Joubert was born in Paris on 15 September 1810. He was a student of Henriquel-Dupont in 1829. Joubert married Francis Emelia in 1842. He died at

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in 1884.

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* * French engravers French photographers 1810 births 1884 deaths {{France-photographer-stub