Julius Goldner (c. 1841/42 – 14 January 1898)[1] was a nineteenth-century wholesale stamp dealer in Hamburg known for producing large quantities of "reprints" (described by contemporary sources as forgeries) of the stamps of Hamburg and other states.
He then moved on to producing private "reprints" of the stamps of Hamburg, Heligoland, and Bergedorf.
He was also the principal outlet for the forgeries of Transvaal produced by Adolph Otto.
[2] Goldner's business practices, while now regarded as unethical or outright criminal, were more acceptable in the early days of philately when clear ethical guidelines had not been established.
In noting Goldner's death, Charles Phillips described him as an "esteemed confrere" with whom the firm of Stanley Gibbons had dealt for over twenty years, noting that he dealt in "common stamps in very large quantities" and singling out the "millions" of Heligoland "reprints" produced by Goldner.