Theodor August Buhl (baptised August Theodor Buhl; 16 May 1865 – 11 October 1922)"Occasional Notes" in ''
The London Philatelist
''The London Philatelist'' was first published in January 1892 by stamp dealer
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in London who published ''Stamp News'', which he also edited until 1895.
Buhl was born in
Frankfurt
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, the eldest of six children of music professor/composer Carl Friedrich August Buhl (anglicised to Charles Frederick Augustus Buhl) and Sophie Friederike (Sophia Frederica), ''née'' De Barÿ. The family emigrated when he was a small child, settling in
Lambeth
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, London.
In 1890, Buhl was offered the business of
Stanley Gibbons
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, who was retiring, but declined it as too expensive at £20,000. It was subsequently sold to Charles Phillips for £25,000. In 1892, he bought the business of Pemberton, Wilson & Co (London), and with it the rights to ''
The Philatelic Record
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Association of British Philatelic Societies
The Association of British Philatelic Societies, commonly known as the ''ABPS'', is the British national association of philatelic societies, regional philatelic federations, and specialist philatelic societies.Bernhardt Assmus. Buhl kept a general stock but specialised in the stamps of South America and Messrs. Buhl and Co., Limited sponsored a Gold Medal for the best collection of the stamps of Peru at the London Philatelic Exhibition of 1897."Occasional Notes" in ''The London Philatelist'', Vol. VI, No. 63, March 1897, p. 67.