Stanley J. Luft

Stanley J. Luft
Nationality	USA
Engineering career
Institutions	Acadéemie Européene de Philatélie Académie de Philatélie Royal Philatelic Society London
Projects	Student of French philately; wrote and exhibited extensively on the subject, winning numerous gold medals
Awards	Luff Award Gerard Gilbert Memorial award

Stanley J. Luft of Golden, Colorado, is a philatelist who is an expert on the postal history of France.

Collecting interests

Stanley Luft specialized in the collecting of rare postage stamps and postal history of France. His collections of French postal history centered on specific aspects of French philately, such as postal history of the Grande Armée, the French Revolution, various French military campaigns, the 15-centimes Sage issue, the 30-centimes Cameo Sowers, and so on. When placed in competition at national and international exhibitions, they often won gold. Luft is the recipient of at least thirty gold medals, reserve awards, grand awards, and, among others, the Prix d’Honneur (London 1990).

Philatelic literature

Based on his research of all aspects of French philately, Lift authored numerous articles in publications such as the France & Colonies Philatelist, and in The American Philatelist, Postal History Journal, Collectors Club Philatelist, American Philatelic Congress Book, Military Postal History Society Bulletin, London Philatelist, and Feuilles Marcophiles.

Luft wrote three volumes on French philately entitled The Regular Issues of France According to Their Normal Postal Usage, as well as Military and Postal History of the Revolutionary Armies in the West of France 1791–1802, which was published in 1993. In 1984 he co-authored A Chronology of French Military Campaigns and Expeditions with Their Postal Markings 1815–1983 with philatelist William Waugh.

Philatelic activity

In addition to serving on the council of the American Philatelic Congress, Stanley Luft was a founding member of the Acadéemie Européene de Philatélie and a corresponding member of the Académie de Philatélie, and, at the France & Colonies Philatelist he served as editor. He was also named a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London. Locally, Luft has served as president of the Collectors Club of Denver and the Philatelic Society of Cincinnati, as well as serving the Rocky Mountain Stamp Show in various posts, including president.

Honors and awards

In addition to all his gold medals, Luft received numerous honors. Stanley Luft won, three times, the France & Colonies Philatelic Society Gerard Gilbert Memorial award for philatelic literature. And, in 2008, he was awarded the Luff Award for Distinguished Philatelic Research.

References

[http://www.archive.today/5TABA APS News release] 15 April 2014

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