Dr. Anton Jerger of Vienna was an Austrian

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who, in 1983, was awarded the

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by the

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for his handbooks on the philately of Austrian Lombardy-Venetia. He amassed a world-class collection of this area over fifty years with his wife Elisabeth. The collection was sold in instalments by Corinphila, with the first instalment alone raising US$1,800,000. In 1984, Dr. Jerger was the first Austrian to be elected to the

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."Here & There: RDP 1984" in ''

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'', May 1984, p. 41.

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