Dr. Soichi Ichida (30 December 1910 – 30 June 1986) was a distinguished Japanese

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who specialized in studies of classic Japanese postage stamps and encouraged the collecting of Japanese stamps and Japanese postal history throughout the world.

Philatelic literature

Dr. Soichi Ichida wrote extensively on Japanese classic stamps. His works include “The Dragon Stamps of Japan 1871–1872” in 1959, “The Cherry Blossom Issues of Japan 1872–1876” in 1965 and for which he was awarded the Crawford Medal in 1966. He also wrote “The Six Sen Violet Brown Native Paper Stamp 1874.”

Philatelic activity

Soichi Ichida was founding president of the Inter-Asian Philatelic Federation and president of the All-Japan Philatelic Federation.

Honors and awards

Soichi Ichida received numerous recognition for his work. These included the

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in 1966, signing the

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in 1971, receiving the

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in 1972 and the

Lindenberg Medal The Lindenberg Medal is an award given to those who provide “conspicuous service to philately” because of their investigations and contributions to philatelic literature. It is considered by some as the Nobel Prize of Philately.Horst Hille: ' ...

in 1981. He received the

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in 1984 and was elected to the

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in 1987.

References

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