Samuil Blekhman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuil Blekhman

Soviet philatelist

Date of Birth: 15-May-1918

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 26-Jul-1982

Profession: engineer, philatelist

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Samuil Markovich Blekhman (Russian: ?????´? ??´?????? ???´????; 15 May 1918 – 26 December 1982) was a renowned philatelist of the Soviet Union who wrote a number of notable philatelic books and articles.
He was born in Moscow, was trained and worked as an engineer, and lived much of his life in Moscow. Blekhman's works were related to postal history and postage stamps of Tuva, Mongolia, Russia and Soviet Union as well as airmail.
He participated in prestigious national and international philatelic exhibitions and won a number of high-caliber awards.
One of his main philatelic contributions was a detailed study of Tuva stamps and their cataloging, which was awarded the silver-plated plaquette at the World Stamp Exhibition "PRAGA 1962" and posthumously translated and published in English.