Emil Paul Hugo Griebert (31 October 1868 – 23 July 1924) was a German-British
stamp dealer
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and
philatelist
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, who was a specialist in the stamps of Spain. He was entered on the
Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
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in 1921.
Griebert was born in
Berlin
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,
Brandenburg
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(then
Prussia
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) to Hermann Jacob Wilhelm Griebert and Ernestine Hermine August Griebert.
He was awarded the
Crawford Medal
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by the
Royal Philatelic Society London
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for his work ''The stamps of Spain 1850-1854''.
[''The Society's medals and honorary fellowship''. The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2009, p. 2.]
He died at 56
Hallam Street
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in
Marylebone
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, London.
[''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995'']
Selected publications
*''The stamps of Spain 1850–1854''. London: Hugo Griebert, 1920.
*''A study of the stamps of Uruguay''. London: Hugo Griebert, 1910.
References
1868 births
1924 deaths
People from Berlin
German emigrants to the United Kingdom
British stamp dealers
Philately of Spain
Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
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