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Crawford Medal
:::''See also'' Crawford Award for fantasy novels. :::''See also'' Max Crawford Medal Australian academic award. The Crawford Medal is a vermeil medal awarded by the Royal Philatelic Society London for the most valuable and original contribution to the study and knowledge of philately published in book form during the relevant period. The medal is named after James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, who by the time of his death in 1913 had amassed the greatest philatelic Philately (; ) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. Philately involves more than just stamp collecting or the study of postage; it is possi ... library of his time. Other society medals The society also awards these silver medals: *The Tilleard Medal for the best large display of any aspect of philately given by one, or not more than two, Fellows or Members during the relevant period. *The Lee Medal for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crawford Award
:::''See also'' Crawford Medal The IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award (short: Crawford award) is a literary award given to a writer whose first fantasy book was published during the preceding 18 months. It's one of several awards presented by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA), and is presented at the conference each March in Orlando. The award is named after the publisher and editor, William L. Crawford. The Prize was conceived and established with the help of Andre Norton Andre Alice Norton (born Alice Mary Norton, February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy, who also wrote works of historical and contemporary fiction. She wrote primarily under the pen name ..., who continued to sponsor it for many years. List of recipients References External links Locus SF Awards Overview [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Dethloff
Henrik Dethloff (4 April 1867 – 18 June 1925) was a Norwegian philatelist who was a specialist in the stamps of Norway. He was born in Kristiania, the son of merchant Frantz Heinrich Dethloff (1829–1894) and Johanne Andrea Mathilde Wang. He was the older brother of ophthalmologist Hans Gottfried Dethloff, and thus a brother-in-law of Elise Dethloff. Dethloff received the Crawford Medal, jointly with Justus Anderssen, from the Royal Philatelic Society London The Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) is the oldest philatelic society in the world. It was founded on 10 April 1869 as ''The Philatelic Society, London''. The society runs a postal museum, the Spear Museum of Philatelic History, at its he ... in 1925 for his work ''Postage Stamps of Norway, 1855-1924'' (Norges Frimerker, 1855-1924)."Dr. Justus Anderssen" in '' The London Philatelist'', Vol. XLVII, July 1938, No. 559, pp. 173-4. He died in June 1925 in Oslo."Correspondence" in '' The London Philatelist'', Vol. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winthrop Smillie Boggs
Winthrop Smillie Boggs (December 20, 1902 – May 30, 1974) was a philatelist renowned for his expertise and philatelic writing. Philatelic accomplishments Boggs wrote a number of the definitive books in philately: * The Foundations of Philately (1955) * Ten Decades Ago: 1840-1850, a Study of the Work of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch and Edson of New York City (1949) * The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Newfoundland (1942) * The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada (1945) Philatelic leadership Boggs was a member of the Collectors Club of New York and served the club in a number of capacities. He was the first executive director at the Philatelic Foundation during the period 1945-1961. Honors * The Crawford Medal (1947) * Luff Award for Distinguished Philatelic Research (1952) * The Lichtenstein Medal (1958) * Signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists (1959) * Elected to the American Philatelic Society The American Philatelic Society (APS) is the largest nonprofit st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prescott Holden Thorp
Prescott Holden Thorp (April 28, 1887 – June 1981), of New Jersey, was a stamp dealer who was a recognized world-famous expert on stamped envelopes of the United States. Philatelic literature Thorp continued the work of Julius (John) Murray Bartels, editing the fifth edition of ''Bartels Catalogue of the Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers of the United States and Possessions''. In 1954 he completed a sixth edition and named it ''Thorp-Bartels Catalogue of the Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers of the United States''. Thorp wrote several other books on philately: ''Catalogue of the 20th Century Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers of the United States'', in 1968, and ''Complete Guide to Stamp Collecting'', in 1953. He also edited and published from 1949 to 1970 ''The U.S. Envelope World''. Honors and awards For his writings on stamped envelopes, Thorp received the Crawford Medal in 1945. He was named to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame in 1989. See also * Philately * Philatelic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Albert Jurgens
Adrian Albert Jurgens (1886 – 11 July 1953)Tyler, Varro E. ''Philatelic Forgers: Their Lives and Works.'' Revised edition. Sidney, Ohio: Linn's Stamp News, 1991, p.64. was a South African philatelist and signatory to the ''Roll of Distinguished Philatelists of Southern Africa'' in 1948 and the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in Great Britain in 1952. In the 1940s Jurgens became embroiled in allegations of forgery that greatly damaged his reputation. Collecting interests Jurgens' main area of interest was the philately of Southern Africa, in particular the Bechuanalands and Cape of Good Hope, and the ''A.A. Jurgens – Cape of Good Hope, Barbara Jurgens Memorial Collection'' of twenty volumes is in the Iziko Museums of Cape Town. Barbara was Adrian's daughter. In 1944 Jurgens won the Crawford Medal from the Royal Philatelic Society London for his work ''The Handstruck Letter Stamps of the Cape of Good Hope from 1792 to 1853 and the Postmarks from 1853 to 1910''. All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Osborne (philatelist)
Harry Osborne MD, MRCS, DPH, (28 November 1875Bateman, Robert. ''Stamp Collectors' Who's Who''. London: Stanley Gibbons Ltd., 1960, p.66. – 21 June 1959) was a British medical practitioner and philatelist who wrote several important works on classic British stamps and signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1954. , 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012. Osborne won the from the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max G
Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1971–2004), a western lowland gorilla at the Johannesburg Zoo who was shot by a criminal in 1997 Brands and enterprises * Australian Max Beer * Max Hamburgers, a fast-food corporation * MAX Index, a Hungarian domestic government bond index * Max Fashion, an Indian clothing brand Computing * MAX (operating system), a Spanish-language Linux version * Max (software), a music programming language * Commodore MAX Machine * Multimedia Acceleration eXtensions, extensions for HP PA-RISC Films * ''Max'' (1994 film), a Canadian film by Charles Wilkinson * ''Max'' (2002 film), a film about Adolf Hitler * ''Max'' (2015 film), an American war drama film Games * '' Dancing Stage Max'', a 2005 game in the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series * ''DDRM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Bryan Ashbrook
Stanley Bryan Ashbrook (October 10, 1882 – January 23, 1958), of Kentucky, was a distinguished American philatelist who was known for his extensive studies of early United States stamps and postal history. He was usually known as Stanley B. Ashbrook. Collecting interests Ashbrook was primarily interested in classic United States stamps and postal history in the form of stamped covers. Philatelic activity Ashbrook is most known for his famous two-volume book entitled ''The United States One Cent Stamp of 1851-57'' which was published in 1938. His research of early American postage stamps led him to author the book ''The United States Ten Cent Stamp of 1855-57'' in 1936 for which he received the Crawford Medal in 1937. Ashbrook published the "Ashbrook Special Service" as a private subscriber series and also contributed to another subscriber series entitled "Bulletins of the Research Group." Honors and awards Stanley Ashbrook received numerous honors and awards for his philate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohl Briefmarken-Handbuch
The ''Kohl Briefmarken-Handbuch'' was a seminal work of philatelic literature first published in Germany in 1923 as the 11th edition of the previous well known ''Handbuch'' published by Paul Kohl of Chemnitz. Production of the work The work was edited by the renowned philatelist Dr Herbert Munk who was supported in his endeavours by the ''Verein der Freunde des Kohl-Briefmarkenhandbuchs, e.V.'', whose members were a group of international philatelists. English language publication The Collectors Club of New York acquired the American rights to the work and several sections were translated and published in their journal ''The Collectors Club Philatelist''. The English rights were acquired by the Royal Philatelic Society London The Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) is the oldest philatelic society in the world. It was founded on 10 April 1869 as ''The Philatelic Society, London''. The society runs a postal museum, the Spear Museum of Philatelic History, at its he ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Munk
Herbert Munk (26 June 1875 – 19 April 1953) was a distinguished German philatelist and editor of important sections of the seminal Kohl Briefmarken-Handbuch for which he and J.B. Seymour won the Sieger Medal for best philatelic work in the German language in 1931. Munk was president of the Expert Committee of the Union of German Philatelic Societies, and an international philatelic juror before World War Two. He won the Lindenberg Medal in 1925 and his name was added to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists at Torquay in 1932. He signed the roll personally at the Brighton congress in 1933. In 1936 Munk won the Crawford Medal of the Royal Philatelic Society London The Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) is the oldest philatelic society in the world. It was founded on 10 April 1869 as ''The Philatelic Society, London''. The society runs a postal museum, the Spear Museum of Philatelic History, at its he ..., of which society he was a Fellow, and he is a member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Schmidt (architect)
Carl Emil Michael Schmidt (russian: Карл Карлович Шмидт, translit=Karl Karlovič Šmidt;December 21, 1866 – 8 August 1945) was a Russo-German architect and philatelist. Born in St. Petersburg, his father Karl Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand Schmidt was a German marine engineer from Anklam in Mecklenburg-Strelitz and mother Olga Helena Schmidt was a Baltic German. He is known as a representative of the "brick-style" and the early Art Nouveau in architecture. Carl Schmidt studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. His villas and houses adorn the streets of St. Petersburg. In autumn 1918 the Schmidt family was forced to leave Russia and back to Germany. In Germany, he could not follow on his architectural work. He died in 1945 in Magdeburg Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilio Diena
Dr. Emilio Diena (January 26, 1860 – October 9, 1941), was an Italian philatelist who specialized in the postage stamps of Italy and published substantial research on the subject. He was probably the best known Continental philatelist of his generation.Obituary, Dr. Emilio Diena, F.R.P.S.L., Philatelic Journal of India (March 1942), p. 35. Collecting interests Diena collected and studied classic and rare postage stamps and postal history of Italy as well as the Italian states which issued their own postage stamps prior to Italian unification in the 19th century. Philatelic literature Diena accumulated a large library of Italian-related philatelic literature which is still maintained by his family today in Rome, Italy. He became an expert on Italian stamps and in addition to expertizing rare stamps of the classic period of Italy, he wrote extensively on the subject. In addition to writing numerous articles in philatelic journals, Diena wrote in great detail on stamps of Mode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
