Örjan Lüning (30 May 1919 − 24 September 1995"Membership" in ''

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who was a specialist in

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. In 1979 he was awarded the

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for his work ''Luftpostens historia i Norden - The history of airmail in Scandinavia''. His Large Gold Medal winning collection of pioneer flights and airmail of Scandinavia together with his Gold Medal collection of Denmark were sold by Corinphila in 2001. He was also an

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, and his work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the

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Selected publications

*''Luftpostens historia i Norden - The history of airmail in Scandinavia.'' Stockholm: Sveriges filatelist-förbund, 1978.

References

External links

''Air Posten historia in the Nordic region''
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''History of Air Cargo and Airmail from the 18th Century''
by Camille Allaz, at

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