Christian Carl Sundman (13 January 1933 – 5 April 1994) was a Finnish

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who was added to the

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in 1989. He was president of the Finlandia 88

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and specialised in the stamps and

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of Finland for which he received a Large Gold medal with Special Prize at Wipa 81 and PhilexFrance 82, the Grand Prix International at STOCKHOLMIA 86"The Three Previous Stockholmia World Philatelic Exhibitions" by Bengt Bengtsson, ''Bulletin 1'', STOCKHOLMIA2019, Sweden, 2017, pp. 30-33. and a place in the Court of Honour at Finlandia 88 and Praga 88. Sundman was president of the Helsingfors Philatelic Society and vice-president 1984/88 of the Finnish Philatelic Federation.

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Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Finnish philatelists 1933 births 1994 deaths Philately of Finland {{Philatelist-stub