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Pieter Korteweg (29 December 1888 – 13 September 1970) was a Dutch philatelist who was added to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1962.


Philately

Korteweg was a specialist in the philately of his own country, particularly the postmarks, and he published several books and more than 2000 articles on
Dutch philately This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Netherlands. The postal region of the Netherlands is located in North-West Europe and comprises the whole territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe and until 2010 the fu ...
. He was the editor of the Dutch philatelic magazine ''De Philatelist'' which he developed in the 1930s until it became the official journal of ten Netherlands philatelic associations.Pieter Cornelis Korteweg.
KNBF. Retrieved 2 October 2014. In 1932 Korteweg gave a lecture in the large auditorium of the Colonial Institute in Amsterdam titled "The Indian post in earlier centuries (the Company's post, etc.)" This was attended by hundreds of members of the Royal Antiquarian Society and the Society Amstelodamum. He was elected a member of the Royal Philatelic Society London in 1930 and subsequently became a fellow of that society."Royal Philatelic Society London. Annual Report for the Session 1929-1930". '' The London Philatelist'', Vol. 39, pp. 122-133."


Family

Korteweg was born in
Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
. His father was a professor of surgery. Pieter married Carolina Johanna van Hasselt in 1913 and they had two daughters and a son. Korteweg died in Bennebroek.


Awards

*Costerus Medal, 1934. (first person to be awarded this medal) *Roll of Distinguished Philatelists. 1962.


Selected publications

*''Proevenboek''. Amsterdam, 1931. *''De Kleinrondstempels van Nederland''. ''De Philatelist'', Rotterdam, 1933. *''300 Jaar Postmerken Van Nederland 1570-1870.'' Netherlands, 1957.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Korteweg, Peter Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists 1888 births 1970 deaths Dutch philatelists Philately of the Netherlands Fellows of the Royal Philatelic Society London People from Groningen (city)