Arthur Ernst Glasewald (1861–1926) was a book seller and later stamp dealer in Gössnitz near Leipzig who was a pioneer in the study of German private posts. He founded the Internationale Verein für Localmarkenkunde and was editor and publisher of the journal Neueste Privatpost-Nachrichten. He was joint author and publisher of the Handbuch der deutschen Privatpostmarken."Glasewald Medal", The Cinderella Philatelist, Vol. 37, No. 3, July 1997, pp. 68-69.
Glasewald Medal In 1928, a trust fund was established in memory of Glasewald to award a medal for meritorious research into the history of the German private posts.
Some of the past winners of the medal have been: Heinrich Düsterbehn (1950) Georg Glasewald (1951) Paul Rampacher (1955) L.N. & M. Williams (1961) Hans Meier zu Eissen (1982) Horst Müller (1994) Ralph Phillips (2016)
Selected publications Handbuch der deutschen Privatpostmarken (published and edited) Die Postwerthzeichen von Griechenland: Nach den neuesten Forschungen . 1896.
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