Joseph Osmond Barnard

Infobox Person
name = Joseph Osmond Barnard


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birth_date = birth date|1816|8|10
birth_place = Portsmouth, England
death_date = death date and age|1865|5|30|1816|8|10
death_place = Mauritius
occupation = Engraver
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Joseph Osmond Barnard (August 10, 1816 - May 30, 1865) was born in Portsmouth, England. He was a miniature painter and engraver who engraved the rare Mauritius "Post Office" stamps. He died in Mauritius on 30 May 1865.

See also

*Mauritius "Post Office"

References

* Harold Adolphe and Raymond d'Unienville, "The Life and Death of Joseph Osmond Barnard", "The London Philatelist," Vol. 83, No. 985 (Dec., 1974), pp.263-5.
* [http://www.encyclopedia.mu/Society/Communication/Stamps/Barnard.htm ENCYCLOPÆDIA Mauritiana]
* [http://www.helenmorgan.net/bm/objects/D00000032.htm Blue Mauritius]