Philip Silver
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Philip Silver | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1910 |
| Died | July 1999 (aged 88–89) Elberon, NJ |
| Education | BA, City College of New York |
| Spouse | Alma Mirnofsky Silver |
| Children | David |
| Parent(s) | Nathan Silver, Dora Grossman Silver |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Accountant |
| Institutions | Collectors Club of New York Philatelic Foundation |
| Projects | Studied and wrote extensively on air mail stamps; president of Collectors Club of New York, and philatelic exhibition judge. |
| Significant advance | Discovered several First Flight stamped envelopes. |
| Awards | Lichtenstein Medal APS Hall of Fame Luff Award |
Philip Silver (1910–1999), of New York City, was a philatelist who specialized in the field of air mail stamps, known as aerophilately. He studied air mail stamps and postal history, and wrote extensively on the subject.[1]
Silver co-authored “Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt Stamps of the World “(1965) with philatelist Jan Bart. He contributed to the Scott's Specialized U.S. Catalogue as well as to the Sanabria Air Mail Catalogue. And, for a number of years, he edited The Aerophilatelists Annals.[1]
Philatelic activity
At the Collectors Club of New York he held every office in the club, including treasurer, secretary, vice president, president, and trustee. He participated in various capacities at numerous philatelic exhibitions, and was also a trustee of the Philatelic Foundation.[1]
