Robert Emil Zoellner (April 26, 1932 – December 23, 2014) was an American investor and stamp collector who was the second person to have formed a complete collection of United States postage stamps, following Benjamin K. Miller, who had assembled a complete collection pre-1925.
Life and work
Zoellner was born on April 26, 1932, in Irvington, New Jersey, to parents Emil John Zoellner and Anna Elizabeth Morton. Raised in what is now known as Elmwood Park, New Jersey (then East Paterson), Zoellner graduated from Lodi High School in 1950.
Following his military service, Zoellner went into the investment field, establishing the firm of E.J. Roberts in 1958 before joining Edwards & Hanly, a firm that named him in 1964 as its managing partner. The 1c Z grill went to Donald Sundman of Mystic Stamp Company for $935,000.
References and sources
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- United States Postage Stamps, The Robert Zoellner Collection (Siegel, 1998)