Dobin, Manfred Aronovich

MA Dobin was a member of the All-Union Society of Philatelists , later the Union of Philatelists of Russia (SFR), and the Union of Philatelists of St. Petersburg ^{[3] [4]} .

One of his main interests in collecting was the Russian postal stamps of the homear era (1750-1858), the history of the post of Russia and St. Petersburg ^{[3] [4] [≡]} .

• Examples of whole things of Russia of the home-made period with postmarks described in the works of M. Dobin
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  Letter from Riga to Venden (1833)

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  Letter from St. Petersburg to Bordeaux (1849)

In 1995, Dobin became a member of the International Association of Philatelic Experts ( AIEP ^[5] ) ^{[3] [4]} . Since 1991, he was also a member of the Expert Council on Russian Philately ^[3] .

As of July 1, 2011, Manfred Dobin was a member of the Jury College of the SFR of the national category ^[6] .

Book Editions

Manfred Aronovich Dobin had access to a number of postal and other archives in Russia. He was one of the first to write a standard work on postal stamps of the Russian Empire ^{[3] [4]} :

• Post stamps of the Russian Empire. Home-made period / Comp. M.A. Dobin. - 3rd ed. - SPb. : Standard Collection , 2009 .-- 448 p. - ISBN 978-5-902275-38-1 . ^[≡] (Retrieved April 20, 2011)

Dobin was also the author of other books:

• Catalog of promotional and postal cards and envelopes, one-sided cards. THE USSR. 1924-1980 / Comp. M. A. Dobin, V. B. Zagorsky , V. A. Pantyukhin, A. K. Raysky - St. Petersburg. : Standard Collection , 2002 .-- 95 p. - 2000 copies. - ISBN 5-902275-02-4 . (Retrieved March 30, 2016)
• From the history of the St. Petersburg post. 1703-1914 / Comp. M.A. Dobin and L.G. Ratner. - SPb. : Standard Collection , 2004 .-- 352 p. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-902275-07-7 . ^{[^]} [In Russian. and English. language.] (Retrieved April 20, 2011)

Articles

M. A. Dobin also published his works in philatelic journals . Moreover, the history of the postal service of the Russian Empire was the main focus of his research work ^{[3] [4]} . He wrote a number of articles in the monthly journal Philately of the USSR on this ^[7] and other topics ^[8] . Some of his articles were translated and published in the journal Rossika ^[9] .

From the second half of the 1970s, Dobin began to publish his philatelic studies in the yearbook “Soviet Collector” (in the post-Soviet time, “Collector” ) ^[10] , and in the 1980s - 1990s was a member of its editorial board.

At a later time, Manfred Dobin was published in the Russian almanac "Postal whole things and postal history" ^[11] .

Dobin was an honorary member of the SFR and the Union of Philatelists of St. Petersburg, the International Club of Grand Prix Prize Winners of the World Philatelic Exhibitions , and the holder of gold medals and honorary prizes of the World Philatelic Exhibitions ^{[3] [4]} .

The development of Manfred Dobin has repeatedly received recognition at various philatelic exhibitions . He was awarded the highest exhibition award of the International Grand Prix Federation of Philately at the World Exhibition "Russia" ^[3] .

In the Soviet period, the collection of M. A. Dobin “From the history of the postmark of Russia ” won gold medals at the international exhibitions Sotsfileks-83 in Moscow ^[12] and Sotsfileks-84 in Wroclaw ^[13] .

At the philatelic exhibition POLSKA '93, his exhibit “History of the Russian Post” was awarded a large gold medal ^[14] .