Emil Mewes (22 March 1913 – 1 February 2000) was a German

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who was added to the

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in 1992.
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/ref> Mewes formed collections of Bavaria, the Revenue stamps of Alsace, and the

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s of Lufthansa. He was Vice-President of the FIP Commission for Literature since 1978 and Editor-in-Chief of ''Sammlerlupe'' from 1964 until 1974. Mewes received the Kalckhoff Medal and the Sieger Prize for his contribution to

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References

;Notes ;Sources * ''Emil W. Mewes.'' In: H. Oeleker, R. Ritter: ''60 Jahre Poststempelgilde.'' Neue Schriftenreihe der Poststempelgilde e.V., Edition 150, 1998, pp. 63-64 Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists German philatelists 1913 births 2000 deaths Fellows of the Royal Philatelic Society London {{Philatelist-stub