# Manfred Dobin

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|name                 = Manfred Dobin
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|birth_place          = [Oryol](/source/Oryol), [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)  
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|death_place          = [Saint Petersburg](/source/Saint_Petersburg), Russia
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|significant_projects = Expert on [postage stamps and postal history of Russia](/source/postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Russia); specialized in the study of Russian imperial [postmark](/source/postmark)s of the pre-adhesive period 1750–1858
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'''Manfred Dobin''' (10 September 1925 – 25 May 2015) was a Russian [philatelic](/source/Philately), stamp dealer and auctioneer. He was philatelic expert on Imperial [postmark](/source/postmark)s, 1750–1858 of [Russia](/source/Russia). Dobin became a member of the Association Internationale des Experts en Philatéle, AIEP in 1995. He was also a member of the Expert Council on Russian Philately from 1991.

==Collecting interests and memberships==
Dobin was a member of the Russian Union of Philatelists, the Saint Petersburg Union of Philatelists and the Grand Prix Club.

==Philatelic literature==
right|thumb|120px|Postmarks of Russian Empire, 1993
Manfred Dobin had access to a number of postal and related archives in Russia. He was one of the first to write a standard work on the postmarks of the Russian Empire.

* Dobin, Manfred, Postmarks of Russian Empire (pre-adhesive period), Standard-Collection, Saint Petersburg (1993) 
* Dobin, M.A. & L.G. Ratner, From the History of the Saint-Petersburg Post, 1703–1914, Standard-Collection, Saint Petersburg (2004).

===Articles in philatelic journals===
The postal history of the Russian Empire is the main focus of the work of Dobin. Relating to this subject he has authored articles in ''[Filateliya SSSR](/source/Filateliya)'' (''Philately of the USSR''), a monthly bulletin published in Moscow since 1966. "Filateliya SSSR" was an organ of the [Ministry of Communications of the USSR](/source/Ministry_of_Communications_of_the_USSR) and the {{ill|All-Union Society of Philatelists|qid=Q4127606}} ({{langx|ru|Всесоюзное общество филателистов}}). Some of his articles were translated and published in ''[Rossica](/source/Rossica_Society_of_Russian_Philately)''.<ref>[http://www.arge-russland.de/1353498.htm 'The Journal of the Rossica Society of Russian Philately'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221133235/http://www.arge-russland.de/1353498.htm |date=2015-02-21}} Index content archive from #54/1954 to #132/1998</ref>

==Honors and awards==
Dobin was awarded a major [FIP](/source/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_Philat%C3%A9lie) exhibition award: Russia (Grand Prix).<ref name=AIEP>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aiep-experts.net/experts/experts/userprofile/DOBIN.html |title=Добин на официальном сайте A. I. E. P. |accessdate=2016-03-28 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409161110/http://www.aiep-experts.net/experts/experts/userprofile/DOBIN.html |archivedate=2016-04-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During the Soviet period, the collection of M. A. Dobin "From the history of the postmark of [Russia](/source/Russia)" won gold medals at the international exhibitions "Sotsfilex-83" in [Moscow](/source/Moscow)<ref>''Качинский А.'' Награды московского смотра // Филателия СССР. — 1983. — № 12. — С. 1—5.</ref> and "Sotsfileks-84" in [Wrocław](/source/Wroc%C5%82aw).<ref>''Морин И.'' «Соцфилэкс-84» // Филателия СССР. — 1984. — № 12. — С. 20—22.</ref> At POLSKA 93, Large Gold was awarded for his exhibition 'Postal history of Russia'.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Cronin |first=Andrew |title=Report on Polska '93 |journal=Ямщик Post-Rider |publisher=Canadian Society of Russian Philately |issue=32 |page=19 |date=July 1993}}</ref>

==See also==
* [Philatelic literature](/source/Philatelic_literature)

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160409161110/http://www.aiep-experts.net/experts/experts/userprofile/DOBIN.html Dobin at the official website of the A.I.E.P.]

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