What happened to Philippe la Renotiere von Ferrari’s stamp collection after his death in 1917?

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After Philippe la Renotiere von Ferrari died in 1917, his extensive stamp collection—which he had spent 40 years assembling and had bequeathed to a museum in Berlin—was seized by the French government. Following this seizure, the collection was sold at auction between 1921 and 1925, ultimately fetching $2 million.1