Angelo Lima Explained

Angelo Lima, was a philatelist who was a specialist in the philately of the Portuguese area.

A collector from a young age, Lima patiently built up his collections until they were strong enough to win the top awards in philately. His display Brazil: 1843-1866 won a Large Gold Medal at Stamp World London 1990.^[1] Other awards were the International Grand-Prix at PhilexFrance 89 and the Championship Grand Prix at PhilaNippon 91.^[2] When his Brazilian collection was sold by David Feldman in 1993, it was described as "clearly the greatest single collection of Brazil ever formed".^[3]

Lima's collection of classic Portugal was sold by Afinsa in 1995 and raised 226m pesetas which was a record for a philatelic auction on the Iberian Peninsula.^[4]

See also

• Hugo Goeggel

External links

• The Patient Philatelist – Legendary Collector #39 Angelo Lima
• https://stampauctionnetwork.com/y/957/PackStripIntro.pdf

Notes and References

1. "Newsdesk: Stamp World London 90 Awards" in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, August 1990, p. 5.
2. [Paulo Comelli (philatelist)|Comelli, Paulo.]
3. Latin America including Brazil: Grand Prix Collection of Angelo Lima. Auction catalogue, Zurich, 1–6 November 1993. Geneva: David Feldman SA, 1993, p. 8. Also archived here.
4. "Newsdesk: Auctions" in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, January 1996, p. 14.