George E. Hargest
| George E. Hargest | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 26, 1906 |
| Died | February 5, 1983 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | USA |
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Engineering career | |
| Significant projects | Expert on United States transatlantic mail |
| Significant awards |
Crawford Medal APS Hall of Fame Luff Award |
George E. Hargest (August 26, 1906 – February 5, 1983) of Florida, was a philatelist who specialized in the study of the overseas use of United States mails.
Collecting interests
Hargest collected and studied classic stamps of the United States as well as United States foreign mail.
Philatelic literature
He was an expert on the subject and wrote The History of Letter Post Communications Between the United States and Europe, 1845-1875 which was published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1971 and 1975.
Hargest was named editor-in-chief of The Chronicle of U.S. Classic Postal Issues, a journal of the United States Philatelic Classics Society, and contributed articles to the transatlantic mails section.
Honors and awards
Hargest received numerous honors, including the Crawford Medal in 1972 and the Luff Award in 1980 for Distinguished Philatelic Research. He was named to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame in 1984.
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