Hulot, A. (Anatole), 1811-1891

found: Galerie Georges Petit. Catalogue des tableaux anciens et modernes ... 1892:t.p. (M. A. Hulot) p. 3 (Anatole-Auguste Hulot; b. March 2, 1811 at Mans, France) p. 4 (d. Dec. 22, 1891)

found: Wikipedia, French version, viewed October 29, 2019(Anatole Hulot; French civil servant, who directed the manufacture of the first postage stamps in France from 1848 to 1876; he had mastered electroplating, and helped the Banque de France with a bank bill; he attended the same Masonic lodge as Jacques-Jean Barre, general engraver at the Monnaie de Paris, who helped him enter that institution as adjunct to the general engraver, which title he obtained in June 1848; in 1861 he received the title of director of manufacture of postage stamps; he worked under the supervision of the Commission des monnaies et médailles; he was reluctant to adopt the British innovation of perforated stamps in the mid-1850s, but was forced to do so in late 1861; he lost his position on 31 December 1875, but was permitted to continue to live in his apartment in the hôtel des Monnaies)