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Lovrenc Košir
Austrian civil servant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lovrenc Košir, also Laurenz Koschier (29 July 1804 – 7 August 1879) was a Slovenian civil servant who worked in Ljubljana. Besides Rowland Hill and James Chalmers, he is said to be the inventor of the postage stamp. He was born in Spodnja Luša, Carniola and baptized Laurentius Koschier.[1] The Slovenized spelling of his name, Lovrenc Košir, appeared in print by 1937.[2] He died in Vienna.
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