Dr. Mohamed Dadkhah
Born1910
Died1980
NationalityIranian
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
InstitutionsIranian Philatelic Society
ProjectsWrote the book The Lion Stamps of Persia
AwardsCrawford Medal
APS Hall of Fame

Dr. Mohamed Dadkhah (1910–1980) was a world-renowned philatelist of Iran.

Collecting interests

Dadkhah specialized in the collection of postage stamps of Iran and Bushire. He is known for his extensive collections, and his Iran presentation at the philatelic exhibition Philympia 1970 in London won him the gold award.

Philatelic literature

Dadkhah, in 1960, wrote the book Emissions du Type "Lion" de l'Iran 1865-1879 (also entitled The Lion Stamps of Persia in English) and received the Crawford Medal for his effort.

Philatelic activity

Dadkhah was active in the Iranian Philatelic Society which he founded, and remained president of, for the remainder of his life.

Honors and awards

Dadkhah was awarded the Crawford Medal in 1961, and he signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1965. In 1983, he was named to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame.

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