Mohamed Dadkhah

Dr. Mohamed Dadkhah
Born	1910
Died	1980
Nationality	Iran
Work
Institution memberships	Iranian Philatelic Society
Significant projects	Wrote the book The Lion Stamps of Persia
Significant awards	Crawford Medal APS Hall of Fame

Dr. Mohamed Dadkhah (1910–1980), was a world-renown philatelist of Iran.

Collecting interests

Dr. Dadkhah specialized in the collection of postage stamps of Iran and Bushire. His collections were outstanding, and his Iran presentation at the philatelic exhibition PHILYMPIA in 1970 at London won him the gold award.

Philatelic literature

Dr. Dadkhah, in 1960, wrote the book Emissions du Type “Lion” de l'Iran 1865-1879 (also entitled The Lion Stamps of Persia in English) and received the Crawford Medal for his effort.

Philatelic activity

Dr. Dadkhah was active in the Iranian Philatelic Society which he founded, and remained president of, for the remainder of his life.

Honors and awards

Dr. Dadkhah was awarded the Crawford Medal in 1961, and he signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1965. In 1983, he was named to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame.

See also

• Philatelic literature

References

• Dr. Mohamed Dadkhah

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Name	Dadkhah, Mohamed
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Date of birth	1910
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Date of death	1980
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