Wolfgang C. Hellrigl (10 March 1941 – 23 November 2010) was an expert on the

philately 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 poss ...

of Nepal and Tibet who in 1994 was invited to sign the

Roll of Distinguished Philatelists The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists (RDP) is a Philately, philatelic award of international scale, created by the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain in 1921. The Roll consists of five pieces of parchment to which the signatories add their n ...

.Past President Dr. Wolfgang Hellrigl passed away.
A.I.E.P. Retrieved 19 February 2011.

Early life

Hellrigl was born in Cologne and descended from a

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ean family. His father was a prominent philatelist and an expert on old European states.

Specialisms

Wolfgang Hellrigl specialised in the philately of Nepal, Tibet, India used in Tibet and Nepal, Jamnu and Kashmir and Mongolia. He was a member of the Philatelic Literature Commission of the

Fédération Internationale de Philatélie The Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) was founded on 18 June 1926, and is the world federation for philately based in Zürich, Switzerland. Aims The primary aims of the FIP are: *To promote stamp collecting and philately. *To mai ...

(FIP) from 1996 - 1998. Wolfgang Hellrigl has been the founder and president of the

Nepal and Tibet Philatelic Study Circle The Nepal and Tibet Philatelic Study Circle (NTPSC) exists to promote interest in and the study of the stamps and postal history of Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan and Sikkim. The NTPSC was formed in 1974 as The Nepal Study Circle by Dr. Wolfgang Hellrigl an ...

(NTPSC) and president of the Association Internationale des Experts en Philatéle (AIEP).see Wolgang Hellrigl (ed.), The A.I.E.P. Handbook of Philatelic Expertising, AIEP 2004

Awards

Hellrigl received many awards during his lifetime. He won a Large Gold medal for his "Classic Nepal" and a Grand Prix at the international exhibition in Brno 2005 for his "Jamnu and Kashmir". He also won the Tilleard Medal 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 1987, of which society he was a Fellow, and the ''Martin Memorial Literature Awards'' in 1978, 1984 and 1992. In 2008 he won the

Lindenberg Medal The Lindenberg Medal is an award given to those who provide “conspicuous service to philately” because of their investigations and contributions to philatelic literature. It is considered by some as the Nobel Prize of Philately.Horst Hille: ' ...

and in the same year he received the Hunziker Medal of the A.I.E.P. His work in Indian philately was acknowledged by the award of the Martin Memorial Trophy of the India Study Circle."Wolfgang Hellrigl RDP FRPSL: Obituary" by Patrick Pearson in '' The London Philatelist'', Vol. 120, No. 1382, January–February 2011, p.33.

Publications

* ''Tibet: a philatelic and numismatic bibliography: a critical bibliography containing over 400 titles of Tibetan philately, numismatics and postal and monetary histories,'' 1981. (With Karl Gabrisch) * ''The Classic Stamps of Nepal,'' The Nepal and Tibet Philatelic Study Circle, Bozen, Italy, May 1984. (with Frank Vignola) * ''The Native Postmarks of Nepal,'' 1978. (with Colin Hepper) * ''The Postal Markings of Tibet,'' Published by Geoffrey Flack, Vancouver, Canada, 1996. * ''Nepal Postal History'', Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin and Bozen, 1991. * ''Katalog der Poststempel von Nepal (1879-1935) A Catalogue of Nepalese Postmarks (1897-1935)'', Forschungsgemeinschaft Indien E.V. im Bund Deutscher Philatelisten E.V., Germany, no date.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hellrigl, Wolfgang Hellrigl 1941 births 2010 deaths People from Cologne Recipients of the Lindenberg Medal Fellows of the Royal Philatelic Society London Philately of Nepal Philately of Tibet Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists

Early life

Specialisms

Awards

Publications

See also

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