Friedrich Charles Krichauff

June 27, 1861 (age 92)

Krichauff married Elizabeth Alice Gemmell on 3 March 1898 at Long Valley, near Strathalbyn, South Australia. In his later years he lived in Portrush Road, Toorak Gardens. He died 25 March 1954 at Adelaide, South Australia. As an architect, Krichauff designed the Hazelwood Park rotunda, among other buildings. Krichauff was a specialist in the postage stamps of New Zealand and the Australian states, particularly South Australia. His name was placed on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1932. He did not sign in person as he was unable to attend the ceremony. Krichauff was elected a fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London in 1941.

Friedrich Charles Krichauff

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Background

Krichauff was born 27 June 1861 in the Bugle Ranges, South Australia. His father was Friedrich Eduard Heinrich Wulf Krichauff (1824-1904), a South Australian parliamentarian and his mother was Dorothea Sophia Arivolina Fischer.

Career

Krichauff married Elizabeth Alice Gemmell on 3 March 1898 at Long Valley, near Strathalbyn, South Australia. In his later years he lived in Portrush Road, Toorak Gardens. He died 25 March 1954 at Adelaide, South Australia.

As an architect, Krichauff designed the Hazelwood Park rotunda, among other buildings.

Krichauff was a specialist in the postage stamps of New Zealand and the Australian states, particularly South Australia. His name was placed on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1932.

He did not sign in person as he was unable to attend the ceremony. Krichauff was elected a fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London in 1941.

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