J. Schmidt-Andersen

Johannes Schmidt-Andersen (died March 1976)^[1] was a Danish philatelist who in 1952 was awarded the Crawford Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society London for his work The postage stamps of Denmark 1851–1951.^[2] Gibbons Stamp Monthly called him "the Father of Danish philately".^[3] He signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1950.^[4]

Selected publications

• The postage stamps of Denmark 1851–1951. Copenhagen: The General Directorate of the Royal Danish Post Office, 1951. (Translated from the original Danish manuscript by Roland King-Farlow)