Gold Medal 1957 Moscow International Stamp Exhibition – Laureate
Gold-Silver, Silver Gilded, and Silver Medals, Silver-plated Plaquette 1962 World Stamp Exhibition "PRAGA 1962"
Gilded Plaquette 1966 National Stamp Exhibition "Brno-1966" – Honorary Class
Gilded Medal 1966 International Stamp Exhibition "Paris–Moscow–Leningrad"
Gilded Medal, Honorary Award 1967 FISA International Stamp Exhibition "Aerophila"
Honorary Diploma 1969 USSR Ministry of Communications
Spouse
Aleksandra Bakkal (1st marriage)
Olga Korneyeva (2nd marriage)
Children
Viktor Bakkal (son)
Relatives
Mark Blekhman (father)
Dina Vymenits (mother)
Samuil Markovich Blekhman (Russian: Самуи́л Ма́ркович Бле́хман; 15 May 1918–26 July 1982) was a known philatelist (stamp collector) of the Soviet Union. He wrote many notable philatelic books and articles about stamps and stamp collecting. Blekhman was born and lived much of his life in Moscow. He was trained and worked as an engineer.
Blekhman's works were related to postal history and postage stamps of Tuva, Mongolia, Russia and Soviet Union. He also wrote works about airmail. Blekhman participated in prestigious national and international philatelic exhibitions. He won a number of top awards. One of his main philatelic writings was a detailed study of Tuva stamps and their cataloging. This work won a major award at the World Stamp Exhibition "PRAGA 1962". After Blekhman's death, it was translated and published in English.
Major works in English
In addition to many Russian articles, Samuil Blekhman published philatelic papers in English:
Blekhman, S. M. (1970). "The local 1932–1933 surcharges of Tuva". Rossica: Journal of the Rossica Society of Russian Philately. 79: 5–10.
Blekhman, S. M. (1979). "Airmail stamps of the Soviet Consulate in Berlin". Rossica: Journal of the Rossica Society of Russian Philately. 96–97. Translated by D. M. Skipton: 97–101.
Blekhman, S. M. (1979). "Rare varieties of USSR miniature sheets". Rossica: Journal of the Rossica Society of Russian Philately. 96–97: 113–114.
Blekhman, S. M. (1980). "The field post in the Caucasus during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878". Rossica: Journal of the Rossica Society of Russian Philately. 98–99. Translated by D. Skipton: 16–20.
Blekhman, S. M. (1980). "Private mail-order forms of the Moscow City Post". Rossica: Journal of the Rossica Society of Russian Philately. 98–99. Translated by M. Tihomirov: 100.
Blekhman, S. M. (1983). "Postal history of the Mongolian People's Republic". Rossica: Journal of the Rossica Society of Russian Philately. 104–105. Translated by D. Skipton: 7–11.
Blekhman, S. M. (1988). "Civil War in Siberia and the Far East in the mirror of philatey (1917–1923)". Rossica: Journal of the Rossica Society of Russian Philately. 111. Translated by G. Shalimoff: 52–57.
Title page of the Blekhman's exposition "Postage Stamps of Tuva"
Title page of the Blekhman's exposition "Airmail of the USSR"
Silver-plated plaquette on the 1968 Soviet stamp (bottom right). Blekhman won it at the World Exhibition "PRAGA 1962" for the book "Cataloging Postage Stamps of Tuva"
↑Blekhman, S. M. (1997). Slone, J. E (ed.). The Postal History and Stamps of Tuva. Translated by R. Hogg (2nded.). Lake Worth: Tannu Tuva Collectors' Society, Scientific Consulting Services International. p.104. ISBN1584900172. Archived from the original on 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2010-05-03.