WEISKOPF, VICTOR

Victor Weiskopf (1875-1939) born in Bamberg, Germany, around 1895 he moved to Brazil working as a stamp dealer with the moniker Casa Philatelica Victor.

In 1905 he moved to Mexico opening a new shop in Mexico City called Victor Weiskopf & Co. He stayed with the company for several years before selling out to his partner and moving to America.

In 1909 he purchased 40% share in a lead and silver mine belonging to General Cepeda with Jesus L , Zuñiga, of Monterey.

In 1912, he and Rosa Thompson of Lima Peru had a daughter Rosa born October 23, 1912.

On January 11, 1914, living at 310 Villita Street, San Antonio, Texas, he ran an advertisement in the Manufacturers Record looking for a sales position.

In 1917 in a WWI, U.S. War Trade Board publication : Trading With the Enemy, lists the company but exonerates Weiskopf who had left the company years ago and now resides in the United States. He is cited by the U.S. War Trade Board publication because from 1916 through 1929, the served as the nation's premier codebreaker for codes in Spanish and Spanish ciphers.

Victor Weiskopf Inc., Wholesale Price List Notice published in Weekly Philatelic Gossip, Vol. 9, No. 37, December 13, 1924, page 1046. His stamp business mailing address at the time was P. O. Box 298, Grand Central Station, New York City, New York.

April 28, 1926, Victor Weiskopf to stamp dealer, Henry C. Frank, Delaware, Ohio, #579 RPO Grand Central Station, CORNER, LETTERHEAD, AUTOGRAPH. $400