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Lagerloef, Hans (1880 - 1952)
- Born
- 1880
- Died
- 1952
- Occupation
- Post Office owner
- Summary
Hans Lagerloef was a generous philatelist, and donated many of his collections during his lifetime to institutions, including the Smithsonian. Some time after 1912 he acquired both values of the Post Office stamps. He did so, it seems, with the intent of gifting the stamps to the Swedish postal museum, for he didn’t want his own country's postal museum to be outshone by the Reichspostmuseum in Berlin.
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Bibliography
Books
- Hamberg, Erik, Storsamlaren Hans Lagerlöf, Meddelanden Från Postmuseum Nr 40, Stockholm, 1996. [ Details... ]
Journal Articles
- Burgeson, James, 'Colonel Hans Lagerloef to be Remembered at Postmuseum', The Posthorn, vol. 53, no. 3, August 1996, pp. 99-101. [ Details... ]
Prepared by: Helen Morgan
Created: 8 April 2006, Last modified: 29 August 2006