Emil Mewes
Emil Mewes (22 March 1913 - 1 February 2000) was a German philatelist who was added to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1992.[1]
Mewes formed collections of Bavaria, the Revenue stamps of Alsace, and the first flight covers of Lufthansa. He was Vice-President of the FIP Commission for Literature since 1978 and Editor-in-Chief of Sammlerlupe from 1964 until 1974. Mewes received the Kalckhoff Medal and the Sieger Prize for his contribution to philatelic literature.
References
- Notes
- ↑ Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011, Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. Archived here.
- Sources
- Emil W. Mewes. In: H. Oeleker, R. Ritter: 60 Jahre Poststempelgilde. Neue Schriftenreihe der Poststempelgilde e.V., Edition 150, 1998, pp. 63-64
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