Alexander Argyropoulos

Alexander G. Argyropoulos

Alexander G. Argyropoulos (1883–1962)[1] was born in London and was the son of the Greek ambassador to the United Kingdom. He trained as an agricultural engineer. In his spare time he was a noted philatelist.[2] From 1952 to 1956 he was Greek Ambassador to Italy.[3]

Philately

Argyropoulos was largely responsible for the Greek section of the Kohl Briefmarken-Handbuch. He was joint-editor of Philotelia from 1953 and an early member of the Hellenic Philotelic Society[4] as well as a member of the Royal Philatelic Society London. He was added to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1954. He won the Grand Prix International for most outstanding exhibit in the Class of Honour at the STOCKHOLMIA 55 stamp exhibition for his display of the first Greek stamps.[5]

References

1. Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011, Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. Archived here.
2. P.D.Cangelaris, "Dictionary of Greek Philatelists", Athens 1982, p. 24 (in Greek language).
3. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greece), former ambassadorsΔιατελέσαντες Πρέσβεις
4. "Hellenic Philotelic Society - People". www.hps.gr. Archived from the original on 2009-03-11.
5. "The Three Previous Stockholmia World Philatelic Exhibitions" by Bengt Bengtsson, Bulletin 1, STOCKHOLMIA2019, Sweden, 2017, pp. 30-33.