Dr. Soichi Ichida of Japan

Japan

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, was a distinguished Japanese philatelist

Philately

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 who specialized in studies of classic Japanese postage stamps and encouraged the collecting of Japanese stamps and Japanese postal history throughout the world.

Philatelic literature

Dr. Soichi Ichida wrote extensively on Japanese classic stamps. His works include “The Dragon Stamps of Japan 1871–1872” in 1959, “The Cherry Blossom Issues of Japan 1872–1876” in 1965 and for which he was awarded the Crawford Medal in 1966. He also wrote “The Six Sen Violet Brown Native Paper Stamp 1874.”

Philatelic activity

Soichi Ichida was founding president of the Inter-Asian Philatelic Federation and president of the All-Japan Philatelic Federation.

Honors and awards

Soichi Ichida received numerous recognition for his work. These included the Crawford Medal

Crawford Medal

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 in 1966, signing the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists

Roll of Distinguished Philatelists

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 in 1971, receiving the Lichtenstein Medal

Lichtenstein Medal

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 in 1972 and the Lindenberg Medal

Lindenberg Medal

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 in 1981. He received the Luff Award

Luff Award

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 in 1984 and was elected to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame

American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame

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in 1987.