Manfred Dobin (1925-2015) of St. Petersburg, was a stamp dealer and auctioneer, and philatelic expert on Imperial postmarks, 1750-1858 of Russia.

Dobin became a member of the Association Internationale des Experts en Philatéle, AIEP in 1995.

Relating to this subject he has authored articles in Filateliya SSSR (Philately of the USSR), a monthly bulletin published in Moscow since 1966.

"Filateliya SSSR" was an organ of the Ministry of Communications of the USSR and the All-Union Society of Philatelists [Wikidata] (Russian: Всесоюзное общество филателистов).

[2] During the Soviet period, the collection of M. A. Dobin "From the history of the postmark of Russia" won gold medals at the international exhibitions "Sotsfilex-83" in Moscow[3] and "Sotsfileks-84" in Wroclaw.