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Thursday 4 August 2016

Kaj Hellman

Readers of this Blog may wish to know that Kaj Hellman died today. He was probably best known to collectors for his Auction, held twice a year in Helsinki. He was a very knowledgeable philatelist, especially in relation to the postal history of Imperial Russia. He handled the sale of a great deal of material from the Agathon and Oleg Faberge collections, and at the time of his death was working in collaboration with Dr Jeffrey Stone on a book on those collections. He was what in English would be called a Gentleman Dealer, always polite and helpful, even in the past few years when he was in poor health. But he valued most of all his family life.

2 comments:

  1. I'm very sorry to hear that. Kaj was indeed, a gentleman. I had the pleasure of meeting him in London and Helsinki, and it was truly a pleasure to meet such a soft-spoken, smart and knowledgeable man. He will be missed.

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  2. So sad, I will miss his knowledgeable comments about philately.

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