Włodzimierz Rachmanow

An 1858 Russian postal stationery envelope used as a trial in Warsaw before the introduction of the first Polish postage stamps. One of the rarities in the Rachmanow Collection. Włodzimierz Rachmanow (Wladimir von Rachmanow, Vladimir von Rachmanoff in later years) (27 April 1886 - June 1968) was a Polish-Russian philatelist who formed an award-winning collection of the stamps and postal history of the Kingdom of Poland. He was also an expert on the cantonal stamps of Switzerland.

Philatelic awards Rachmanow served on the Grand Jury at Gdansk in 1929 and Berlin in 1930. In 1929. he was awarded the "Académie de philatélie" medal. He won awards for exhibits at Cassel in 1914, Anvers in 1930, Bruxelles in 1935 and Warszawa in 1938.

Selected publications Handbook of Polish Stamps. 1925. Poland No. 1. 1952.