Alfredo Frohlich
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Alfredo Frohlich {{post-nominals|list=FRPSL}} is an American venture capitalist and philatelist who has won numerous medals at philatelic exhibitions for his postal history collections of Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. He is an accredited philatelic judge and has been a fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London since 2010. In 2021 he received the Luff Award of the American Philatelic Society.
His interest in psychiatry led him to join the external advisory board of the University of Miami Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences for which he has run fund-raising events. He has also raised funds with his wife for a school for the autistic.
Early life and family
Alfredo Frohlich was born in Bogotá, Colombia. He is married to Andrea and together they live in an Aventura, Florida, condominium whose design was profiled in Luxe Interiors + Design magazine in 2019.{{cite news|url=https://luxesource.com/designer-fanny-haim-helps-aventura-penthouse-reach-full-potential/#.Y0SDiEzMLrl|title=A Designer Helps A Miami Penthouse Reach Its Potential|first=Jennifer|last=Blaise Kramer|work=Luxe Interiors + Design|date=July 13, 2019|access-date=October 10, 2022}}
Career and fund-raising
Frohlich moved to Miami in the late 1990s{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/umpsych/docs/brainstorms_q1_final|title=Spotlight on the Board: Alfredo Frohlich|work=BrainStorms|date=2017|page=10}} where he worked as a financial adviser and venture capitalist.{{cite web|url=https://d2jf3tgwe889fp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Spellman-Symposium-Information.pdf|title=Postal History Symposium: Transition Periods in American Postal History, Thursday, May 1, 2014, Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History|publisher=US Philatelic Classics Society|access-date=October 10, 2022}} He became a naturalized American citizen in 2007.{{Cite web|url=https://www.collectorsclub.org/event/delaware-postal-history-1773-to-1847-alfredo-frohlich-aventura-fl/|title=Delaware Postal History-1773 to 1847 – Alfredo Frohlich, Aventura, FL | The Collectors Club|website=www.collectorsclub.org}}
He has a long-standing interest in psychiatry and is a member of the external advisory board of the University of Miami Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences where he has raised funds and taken a particular interest in depression, anxiety, and suicide prevention. He is also interested in autism and with his wife has raised funds for The Victory Center for Autism and Related Disabilities, and for Jewish causes.{{cite news|url=https://communitynewspapers.com/aventura-news/march-3-2011-take-a-gamble-on-our-fight-against-autism/|title=March 3, 2011 take a Gamble on our Fight Against Autism|first=Thalya|last=Olmos|work=Miami's Community News|date=March 9, 2011|access-date=October 10, 2022}}
Collecting
File:Folded letter datelined Feb. 19, 1777 from Panama to Guayaquil.jpg, Ecuador, formerly in the Frohlich collection.]]
Frohlich's philatelic collections have focussed on Central and South America. He has assembled award-winning collections of Colombia (confederation and federal governments), Chile, and the SCADTA issues of Ecuador. His collection of Colombia won the Champion of Champions award in 2007.
Auctioneer Charles F. Shreve has described Frohlich's greatest philatelic achievement as his collection of the evolution of the postal systems in Panama from 1777 to 1881 which won three large gold medals at Fédération Internationale de Philatélie endorsed philatelic exhibitions: Korea 2014, New York 2016, and Taipei 2016. The collection included an 1839 letter to General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, the future president of Colombia, that is also the earliest surviving registered letter from Panama.Lot 1513, The Alfredo Frohlich Collection: The evolution of postal systems in Panama 1777 to 1881. Siegel International, 2018. p. 12. The collection was sold at auction by Siegel International in 2018."Alfredo Frohlich - The Consummate Philatelic Exhibitor" by Charles F. Shreve in The Alfredo Frohlich Collection: The evolution of postal systems in Panama 1777 to 1881. Siegel International, 2018. Frohlich has also formed a collection of the postal history of Delaware from 1773 to 1847{{cite news|url=https://www.uspcs.org/current-news-home/alfredo-frohlich-wins-the-grand-award-and-large-gold-medal-at-westpex-for-delaware-postal-history-to-1847/|title=Alfredo Frohlich wins the Grand Award and Large Gold Medal at WestPex for 'Delaware Postal History to 1847'|work=U.S. Philatelic Classics Society|date=May 27, 2019|access-date=October 10, 2022}} which was shown before the Collectors Club of New York in 2021.
He has been an accredited philatelic judge since 2008 and a fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London since 2010."Fellowship of the Royal Philatelic Society London", The London Philatelist, Vol. 119, No. 1381 (December 2010), p. 358. He is a former member of the National Postal Museum's Council of Philatelists.{{cite web|url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/museum-councils|title=Museum Councils|website=National Postal Museum|access-date=October 10, 2022}} In 2021 he received the Luff Award of the American Philatelic Society.{{cite news|url=https://www.linns.com/news/us-stamps-postal-history/lesher-ertzberger-frohlich-to-receive-aps-luff-awards|title=Lesher, Ertzberger, Frohlich to receive APS Luff awards|work=Linn's Stamp News|date=July 20, 2021|access-date=October 10, 2022}}
Selected publications
- The Lansa Story. Colombian Philatelic Research Society, 2005. (With Dieter Bortfeldt) ISBN 958-33-9206-5
- Private Mail Carriers of Colombia. Colombian Philatelic Research Society, 2006. (With Dieter Bortfeldt and Carlos Valenzuela) ISBN 958-33-9208-1
- 150 Years of Colombian Philately. Alfredo Frohlich, 2009.
References
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External links
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- [https://vimeo.com/589121405 Alfredo Frohlich, Early Delaware Postage]
- [https://stampauctionnetwork.com/y/y1193.cfm Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale - 1193]
- https://siegelauctions.com/exhibits/Panama1777-1881.pdf
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