Arthur Ernst Glasewald (18611926) was a book seller and later stamp dealer in Gössnitz near Leipzig who was a pioneer in the study of German private posts. He founded the Internationale Verein für Localmarkenkunde and was editor and publisher of the journal Neueste Privatpost-Nachrichten. He was joint author and publisher of the Handbuch der deutschen Privatpostmarken.[1]

Glasewald Medal

In 1928, a trust fund was established in memory of Glasewald to award a medal for meritorious research into the history of the German private posts.[1]

Some of the past winners of the medal have been:[1]

  • Heinrich Düsterbehn (1950)
  • Georg Glasewald (1951)
  • Paul Rampacher (1955)
  • L.N. & M. Williams (1961)
  • Hans Meier zu Eissen (1982)
  • Horst Müller (1994)
  • Ralph Phillips (2016)

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Glasewald Medal", The Cinderella Philatelist, Vol. 37, No. 3, July 1997, pp. 68-69.


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