Siegfried Ascher

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Siegfried Ascher (* 22. June 1877 in Berlin , † 22. February 1962 in Haifa ) was a German architect and a major postal stationery - Philatelist . His main philatelic work is the "Large Postal Stationery Catalog", which is still an internationally important standard work today.

Life

Ascher lived in Berlin-Wilmersdorf and worked as an architect and judicial expert for construction matters. During the First World War he was a captain and received the Iron Cross in 1915 . At the age of 29 he started collecting postal stationery. From 1909 he was a member of the Berlin postal stationery collectors association of 1901 (BGSV) and from 1912 he was a member of the board of the BGSV. He was friends with both Carl Lindenberg and Franz Kalckhoff . By participating in the Senf brothers' postal stationery catalog from 1914, he became familiar with the creation of postal stationery catalogs.

In 1939 he had to emigrate to what was then Palestine , and most of his large postal stationery collection was lost. In Israel he was instrumental in founding the local philatelic association.

Philatelic works

The smaller forerunner of the large Ascher catalog was:

  • The postal stationery catalog 1913–1920 : List of the state postal stationery newly published from 1913 to 1920, publisher: R. Noske, Borna (Bez. Leipzig), 1921 (173 pages)

He worked on the large Ascher catalog with the help of a few postal stationery collectors, between 1923 and 1929 as nine partial deliveries. These partial deliveries gradually appeared as smaller volumes and also as a complete work in two large volumes:

  • Large postal stationery catalog 1925–1928. Verlag R. Noske, Borna near Leipzig (with over 1300 pages)
    • Volume 1 from 1925: Afghanistan to Central Congo
    • Volume 2 from 1928: Mozambique to Württemberg
  • Large postal stationery catalog 1925 Volume 1.jpg
  • Large postal stationery catalog 1928 Volume 2.jpg

This catalog has appeared again and again to this day. Newer price lists for the postal stationery listed in the catalog have also appeared repeatedly:

  • 1st edition from 1975 with 62 pages
  • 2nd edition from 1988 with 216 pages
  • 3rd edition from 1996 with 176 pages
  • 4th edition of approx. [2004] with 177 pages

Another catalog in collaboration with Theodor Junker was:

  • The German postal stationery 1850–1930. Verlag R. Noske, Borna near Leipzig 1932 (390 pages)

He also wrote some philatelic articles and studies that appeared in the magazines for postage stamp collectors of the time. From 1919 to 1929 he was editor of the postal stationery magazine of the Berlin postal stationery collector association (BGSV) , and it changed its title several times over the years.

Honors & awards

  • Honorary member of the Berlin postal stationery collectors' association in 1926
  • Lindenberg Medal 1933
  • Honorary Chairman of the Israel Philatelic Association since 1945
  • Foundation of the Ascher Medal by the Israeli Association in 1947 in honor of his 70th birthday
  • Honorary member of the Berlin Philatelic Club since 1957
  • Kalckhoff Medal 1959

literature

  • The philatelic yearbook 1931. Who, how, when and where in philately. Leipzig 1931, p. 91.
  • M. Amrhein: Philatelic Literature , Volume 4, ISBN 9977-47-355-2 , pp. 233-234
  • Horst Hille: Philately pioneers. Verlag Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal 1995, ISBN 3-928277-17-0 , pp. 98-101.
  • Horst Hille: Philately pioneers. Siegfried Ascher. In: Collector Express , No. 17/1991, pp. 528-529.
  • The postal stationery / German collector newspaper
    • Dr. Siegfried Ascher 50 years old. (Title page with photo of him) No. 6/1927, 7th year
    • Dr. Ascher's large postal stationery catalog 1928. (title page) No. 2/1929, 9th year
    • Dr. Siegfried Ascher 80 years old. (Title page with photo of him) No. 3/1957, 31st year
    • Peter Sterry: Dr. Ascher for the hundredth birthday. No. 3/1977, Volume 51, pp. 89–90
  • Myra Warhaftig : German Jewish Architects before and after 1933 - Das Lexikon , Reimer, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-496-01326-5 , pp. 53–54

Web links

References and comments

  1. ↑ a b Ascher, Siegfried. In: Wolfgang Maassen: Who is who in Philately , Volume 1 (AD). 3rd edition, 2011, ISBN 978-3-932198-92-2 , pp. 50-52.
  2. ^ Averages from the Berlin Philatelist Club from 1888 , April 1962 edition, p. 1 f.
  3. ↑ a b Peter Sterry: Dr. Ascher for the hundredth birthday. In: The postal stationery , No. 3/1977, p. 89.
  4. ↑ Berliner Briefmarken Zeitung , No. 20/1915, p. 437; A plaque of honor is printed at the top in the middle with which, among other things, Ascher is honored "... S. Ascher, officer deputy z. Currently in the field, the Iron Cross was ... "
  5. ↑ Horst Hille: Pioneers of Philately. Verlag Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal 1995, ISBN 3-928277-17-0 , p. 98.
  6. ↑ At the end of the afterword of the large postal stationery catalog , on pages 1359-1360, all employees are named.
  7. ↑ Dr. Ascher's large postal stationery catalog 1928. In: The postal stationery issue No. 2/1929, 9th year; In this article an excerpt from the epilogue of this catalog is printed: “On August 5, 1923, the first part of this catalog appeared, in January 1929 the last part today. [...] and if you add the 1913/20 catalog [...] [...] then eight years of catalog work are behind us [...] ” .
  8. ^ According to the online catalog: Philatelic Library Hamburg
  9. ↑ This directory was probably only for Swiss postal stationery
  10. ^ According to the online catalog: Munich Philatelic Library
  11. ↑ Hanspeter Frech: The postcards from the former postal union countries and the German Empire. Development history, manual and catalog. 1st edition, self-published, approx. 1990/1991, p. III; On this page there is a table of the respective titles of this club magazine with the respective editors.
  12. ↑ Horst Hille: Pioneers of Philately. Verlag Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal 1995, ISBN 3-928277-17-0 , p. 99.
  13. ↑ E. Stenger, F. Kalckhoff, S. Ascher (Eds.): Festschrift to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Berlin postal stationery collectors' association. Berlin Postal Stationery Collectors Association, Berlin 1926, p. 9; here is a large portrait photo of him and he is named there as the “editor of the club newspaper”.
  14. ↑ Dr. Siegfried Ascher 50 years old. In: Deutsche Collector Zeitung (formerly: The postal stationery), No. 6/1927, p. 1; He has been an honorary member since the 25th foundation festival of the association in 1926.
  15. ↑ a b Carlrichard Brühl: History of Philately. Volume 2, Olms, Hildesheim 1985, ISBN 3-487-07618-7 , p. 1144
  16. ↑ a b Horst Hille: Pioneers of Philately. Verlag Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal 1995, ISBN 3-928277-17-0 , p. 101.
  17. ↑ Association communications (BDPh) issue no. 46 from December 1959, p. 5.
personal data
SURNAME Ascher, Siegfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German and Israeli architect and philatelist
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1962
Place of death Haifa