Career
He was also an expert on the cantonal stamps of Switzerland. In 1944, Rachmanow escaped Warsaw just prior to the uprising during which his family home opposite the parliament building was reduced to rubble. He left with just one suitcase, in which he placed his stamp collection.
After arriving in the United States, Rachmanow settled in the New York area and went by the name Vladimir von Rachmanoff.
He died in Queens, New York in 1968. According to the notes in the Warwick & Warwick auction catalogue of 2010, his collection lay untouched in a safe for over 40 years.
The Poland collection of Rachmanow was sold in a Warwick & Warwick auction on 5 May 2010 and realised £680,000.
