In 1936, Henry and Julius emigrated to Brussels, and later to New York. There, they founded the wholesale company J. and H. Stolow, Wholesale Stamp Dealers,[1] which existed until the 1970s. Their company became one of the world's largest stamp wholesalers.
Henry Stolow prepared new stamp issues for postal administrations (first of all in Africa).[3] He then bought the major part of the edition in order to resell the stamps to other wholesalers. He may have deliberately ordered printing errors, as well as overprints (e.g. Greenland).[4]
He also was involved with bogus stamp issues for the Republic of South Maluku (Indonesian: Republik Maluku Selatan, RMS), the RMS was a self-proclaimed republic in the Maluku Islands, which was founded on 25 April 1950. The main islands were Seram, Ambon, and Buru. The RMS on Ambon was defeated by Indonesian forces in November 1950, however, armed struggle continued on the island of Seram until December 1963. The government-in-exile continues to exist to this day in the Netherlands.
Price lists of J & H Stolow Inc., New York, 1978 and 1979.
After World War II, he returned to Germany and worked as a stamp dealer in Berlin and later in Munich. After his death, his Munich stamp empire was continued under the name Firma Henry Stolow[5] by the owner, Rolf Müller.[6]
Gregory Stolow, son of Julius Stolow and nephew of Henry Stolow, is a stamp dealer in the United States.[7]
Ulrich Häger: Großes Lexikon der Philatelie, Bertelsmann Lexikon-Verlag, Gütersloh-Berlin-Munich-Vienna 1973 (p. 275 Maluku Selatan, p. 449 Henry Stolow).
