Lester George Brookman
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Lester George Brookman of Minnesota
, was a stamp dealer
who was an expert on 19th century United States postage stamps and postal history
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in 1946 for Exceptional Contributions to Philately and again in 1948 for Distinguished Philatelic Research. In 1968 he was awarded the Grand Award by the American Philatelic Society
’s Writer’s Unit 30. He signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
in 1950 and was named to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame
in 1972.
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, was a stamp dealer
Stamp dealer
A stamp dealer is a company or an individual who deals in postage stamps and philatelic products. It also includes individuals who sell postage stamps for day to day use or official stamps for use on court documents.-Stamps on Approval Basis:...
who was an expert on 19th century United States postage stamps and postal history
Postal history
Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of postage stamps and covers and associated material illustrating historical episodes of postal systems...
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Stamp dealer
Brookman started his business of selling stamps in 1934. He published the Brookman's U.S. Price List, which was used as a standard pricing tool by stamp dealers for many years.Philatelic literature
Brookman published his most significant work, The United States Postage Stamps of the 19th Century, in three volumes from 1947 to 1967 for which he was awarded the Grand Award. From 1941 to 1945 Brookman was editor of the philatelic journal, The American Philatelist.Honors and awards
Brookman received the Luff AwardLuff Award
The Luff Award is awarded by the American Philatelic Society for meritorious contributions to philately by living philatelists.-Established:...
in 1946 for Exceptional Contributions to Philately and again in 1948 for Distinguished Philatelic Research. In 1968 he was awarded the Grand Award by the American Philatelic Society
American Philatelic Society
The American Philatelic Society is the largest nonprofit stamp collecting and organization of philately in the world, with almost 44,000 members from 110 countries...
’s Writer’s Unit 30. He signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists is a philatelic award of international scale, created by the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain in 1921...
in 1950 and was named to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame
American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame
The American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame award honors deceased philatelists who have contributed significantly to the field of national and/or international philately.-History:...
in 1972.