Oscar Berger-Levrault

Oscar François George Berger-Levrault (9 May 1826 in Strasbourg – 24 September 1903 in Nancy) was a French philatelist.

The invention of the stamp catalogue is attributed to him and to the Englishman, John Edward Gray.

However, it listed all of the 973 postage stamps known to the bookseller which had been issued around the world up to then.

It was used by Alfred Potiquet as a template for the first illustrated stamp catalogue issued in December 1861.

Although Berger-Levrault's philatelic work was only intended for his friends and only 40 to 50 copies of the catalogue were produced, one copy found its way into the library of the British Museum, now the British Library in London, where it can be found today.