Włodzimierz Rachmanow

Włodzimierz Rachmanow (Wladimir von Rachmanow, Vladimir von Rachmanoff in later years) (27 April 1886 - June 1968)[1][2] was a Polish-Russian philatelist who formed an award-winning collection of the stamps and postal history of the Kingdom of Poland.

He won awards for exhibits at Cassel in 1914, Anvers in 1930, Bruxelles in 1935 and Warszawa in 1938.

[2] In 1944, Rachmanow escaped Warsaw just prior to the uprising during which his family home opposite the parliament building was reduced to rubble.

[2] After arriving in the United States, Rachmanow settled in the New York area and went by the name Vladimir von Rachmanoff.

He continued to develop his collection and in 1956 won a Gold Medal at FIPEX New York.

Wladimir von Rachmanow in later life.
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.