Our Hobby’s Future

Matthew Kewriga, Victoria Lajer, Corey Long, Jonas Hällström

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Matthew Kewriga
Matthew has have been a philatelist since the age of 8, buying stamps at the post office and attending local stamp shows. At 14, he decided to specialize in the US Departmental Official stamps that were issued in 1873 and 1879. A couple years later at the age of 16, he began to collect and study the US Large Banknote series 1870-1888 by specializing in the 2c Vermilion Jackson issues. He has formed a large research library to study Worldwide classics and develop my knowledge of the overall stamp field. For one year (1999-2000), he worked for Stanley Richmond at Kelleher Auctions in Boston, MA to learn more about the stamp business. He worked for Matthew Bennett Philatelic Auctions for a number of years before moving to California where he spent ten years at Schuyler Rumsey Auctions as vice President. We moved back to the east coast to start Kewriga Auctions in February 2023.

Exhibiting: Matthew first exhibited at the Boxboro Philatelic show in Massachusetts back in 1995 at the age of 17 and has successfully exhibited at national and international shows, receiving Gold, Reserve and Grand Awards.
Judging: On December 12, 2001, Matthew was accredited as a US National level judge at the age of 24.

Victora Lajer
Victoria began working in the world of philately in 2007 and has since served on council for Philatelic Traders Society, board of advisors for the Postal Museum and is currently a council member for both the Great Britain Philatelic Society and the Royal Philatelic Society, London. As Managing Director of Stanley Gibbons, she develops and executes the Company’s business strategies.

Jonas Hällström
Jonas Hällström (b. 1972) from Sweden, is a signatory of The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists. He is currently a Partner Shareholder and Manager of The Global Philatelic Network, and Managing Director of Corinphila Auktionen in Zürich, Switzerland. In 2022, he was listed among the 100 most influential philatelist in the world. As a collector and exhibitor himself, a prolific philatelic organizer, he is now professionally committed to philately and its business.

Corey Long
Corey Long began collecting stamps at an early age, when his grandfather gave him a used set of “Cents” value Columbians – a prized possession of his youth. During his dark ages away from stamps, he worked in the United States Senate and earned masters degrees at Columbia University Business School and School of International and Public Affairs. While pursuing a career in investment banking at Lehman Brothers, he rediscovered his passion for stamps and built a U.S. collection which he sold through Siegel Auction Galleries in 2007. During the financial crisis of 2008, he left Wall Street and joined Siegel, where he is currently a senior vice president. He specializes in U.S. stamps and postal history, with interests in essays & proofs, carriers & locals and Civil War. He has built and sold specialized collections of the 12c 1869 Pictorial Issue “SS Adriatic” and collects western Massachusetts stampless covers. He has served as Regional Vice President for the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society and is currently Chairman of the USPCS Cups Committee.

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