Summary
Manfred Dobin (1925-2015) of St. Petersburg, was a stamp dealer and auctioneer, and philatelic expert on Imperial postmarks, 1750-1858 of Russia. Dobin became a member of the Association Internationale des Experts en Philatéle, AIEP in 1995. He was also a member of the Expert Council on Russian Philately from 1991.
Manfred Dobin | |
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| Born | September 10, 1925 |
| Died | May 25, 2015 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Engineering career | |
| Projects | Expert on postage stamps and postal history of Russia; specialized in the study of Russian imperial postmarks of the pre-adhesive period 1750-1858 |
| Awards | FIP exhibition award: Grand Prix |
Collecting interests and memberships edit
The history of the St. Petersburg Post.
Dobin was a member of the Russian Union of Philatelists, the St. Petersburg Union of Philatelists and the Grand Prix Club.
Philatelic literature edit
Manfred Dobin had access to a number of postal and related archives in Russia. He was one of the first to write a standard work on the postmarks of the Russian Empire.
- Dobin, Manfred, Postmarks of Russian Empire (pre-adhesive period), Standard-Collection, St. Petersburg (1993)
- Dobin, M.A. & L.G. Ratner, From the History of the Saint-Petersburg Post, 1703–1914, Standard-Collection, St. Petersburg (2004).
Articles in philatelic journals edit
The postal history of the Russian Empire is the main focus of the work of Dobin. Relating to this subject he has authored articles in Filateliya SSSR (Philately of the USSR), a monthly bulletin published in Moscow since 1966. "Filateliya SSSR" was an organ of the Ministry of Communications of the USSR and the All-Union Society of Philatelists (Russian: Всесоюзное общество филателистов). Some of his articles were translated and published in Rossica.[1]
Honors and awards edit
Dobin was awarded a major FIP exhibition award: Russia (Grand Prix).[2] During the Soviet period, the collection of M. A. Dobin "From the history of the postmark of Russia" won gold medals at the international exhibitions "Sotsfilex-83" in Moscow[3] and "Sotsfileks-84" in Wroclaw.[4] At POLSKA 93, Large Gold was awarded for his exhibition 'Postal history of Russia'.[5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 'The Journal of the Rossica Society of Russian Philately' Archived 2015-02-21 at the Wayback Machine Index content archive from #54/1954 to #132/1998
- ^ "Добин на официальном сайте A. I. E. P." Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- ^ Качинский А. Награды московского смотра // Филателия СССР. — 1983. — № 12. — С. 1—5.
- ^ Морин И. «Соцфилэкс-84» // Филателия СССР. — 1984. — № 12. — С. 20—22.
- ^ Cronin, Andrew (July 1993). "Report on Polska '93". Ямщик Post-Rider (32). Canadian Society of Russian Philately: 19.
External links edit
- Dobin at the official website of the A.I.E.P.