Mohamed Dadkhah


Dr. Mohamed Dadkhah was a world-renowned philatelist of Iran.

Collecting interests

Dadkhah specialized in the collection of postage stamps of Iran and Bushire. His collections were outstanding, and his Iran presentation at the philatelic exhibition Philympia 1970 in London won him the gold award.

Philatelic literature

Dadkhah, in 1960, wrote the book Emissions du Type “Lion” de l'Iran 1865-1879 and received the Crawford Medal for his effort.

Philatelic activity

Dadkhah was active in the Iranian Philatelic Society which he founded, and remained president of, for the remainder of his life.

Honors and awards

Dadkhah was awarded the Crawford Medal in 1961, and he signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1965. In 1983, he was named to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame.