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ABBOTT, James Henry d.1914 age 63. Had collections of Egypt, Serbia, Cook Is., Haiti, Orange Free State, Papal States, and Tonga, and received international awards. Began with WD Beckton the practice of accumulating sheets and large blocks to solve questions of plating and settings. Known as ‘Father of the Manchester School’. Senior Vice-President Manchester P.S. His collections were given by his sister to the Whitworth Institute, Manchester, but eventually sold by HR Harmer Ltd in a four day sale in June 1968.

ADAMS, Herbert Charles Vassall d.1955 age 81, from injuries in motor accident. World renowned for his work on Great Britain stamps, and for which he gained international awards, including Grand Prix, London 1950. Vice-President RPSL. Tilleard Medal for Great Britain 1947. Presented his collection of Great Britain George V essays, proofs, etc to RPSL. Also had collections of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Austria, Greece, Italy, and Turkey. Author, with SE Francis, of ‘The Postage Stamps of Great Britain 1840-53, Part I. An Index to the principal Plate Varieties in One Penny and Two Pence Imperforate’ [1952], and with KM Beaumont, of ‘The Postage Stamps of Great Britain, Part III’ [1954]. President City of London P.S. Founder member, Society of Postal Historians. RDP 1946.

ADGEY-EDGAR, Walter Herbert 1887-1977. Assembled extensive collections of Manchuria (14 vols), Eastern Turkestan, Tibet (with complete sheets of 1912 issue), Pakistan (including rare Peshawar handstamps), and Japanese overprints on Burma, Malaya, Brunei, and Sarawak. Wrote ‘Imperial Japanese Overprints and Issues in Occupied British Territories’ [1946].

ADUTT, Albert Leon 1871-1930. Managing Director, Queen’s Highcliffe Hotel, Cliftonville. Mayor of Margate 1912-13. Chairman PCGB, Margate 1912. Specialist in USA, Great Britain, and Cayman Is. A founder, and President Isle of Thanet P.S. Two articles by him were reprinted from the London Philatelist: ‘Notes on a Display of Stamps of the Cayman Islands’ [1911], and ‘The Confederate States of America - Notes on the Postmasters’ Provisional Hand Stamps on Envelopes and Wrappers’ [1922].

ALBRECHT, John Rupert Mendel d.1927 age 43. Hon Librarian Manchester P.S. Studied Mulready Envelopes and Great Britain Registration Envelopes, on which he contributed to the Philatelic Record. Specialist also in Guatemala, and Duttia and Jaipur. Author of ‘The Postage Stamps of Jaipur’. Albrecht Prize awarded in his memory.

ALCOCK, Ronald Cecil d.1991 age 86. Dealer and publisher in Cheltenham. Issued ‘Alcock’s Weekly News’. Published ‘The Penny Red Pamphlet, being a Treatise on the Line-engraved Stamps of Great Britain from Mr.Hill’s One Penny Black of 1840 to the Three-Half-Pence Red of 1870’, ‘The Alphabets of the British Line-engraved Stamps’, ‘Scots Local cancellations Illustrated, 1854-60’, and ‘Archer Plates’ by Dr C Gardiner-. Compiled with CW Meredith ‘British Postage Stamp Varieties Illustrated’ [1949]. Author, with FC Holland, of the classic ‘Postmarks of Great Britain and Ireland, Being a Survey of British Postmarks from 1660 to 1940’, (579 pages) [1940], and supplements thereto, and of ‘British Postmarks, A Short History and Guide’. 

ALLEN, Thomas 1895-1984. Originally dealer in British Colonial rarities, who with Charles Nissen purchased, in 1936, the Perkins Bacon stock and records; most of the records were afterwards acquired by RPSL. Council Member RPSL. Curator of its forgery collection, 1954-67. Member of Expert Committee, for whom he reorganised their vast quantity of reference photographs. A philatelist of wide experience, he was a member of the Executive Committee for the London International Exhibition 1960, and served on the jury at FIPEX, New York 1956.

ALLENDER, Arthur Stanley d.1958 age 87. Specialist in Great Britain, Switzerland, Papal States, and Sicily. Wrote ‘The Cantonal Stamps of Switzerland’ (Philatelic Magazine Handbook) [1920]. President Liverpool P.S.1910. Chairman, with PR England, PCGB, Liverpool 1926.

ALLIS, Gilbert James d.1932 age 53. Collected Niger Coast and South African Provinces. Awarded gold medal for Cape of Good Hope at South African Philatelic Exhibition 1913. Author of ‘The Postal History and Postage Stamps of the Cape of Good Hope’ [1930], for which he received Crawford Medal in 1931. President Cape Town P.S.

ANDERSON, George Arthur d.1928 age 74. Joined India Public Works Department, 1875. Consulting engineer for railways, Madras, 1906. Author of ‘Notes on the Postage Stamps of Bhopal’ Calcutta [1899].

ANDERSON, John MBE b.1884. Collecting interests were Canada, cancellations of British Central Africa, Great Britain line-engraved and surface-printed, Niger Coast, Rhodesia, Sudan, and unusual postmarks of the world. President Aberdeen P.S. Wrote monograph on Scots Local Cancellations [1911].

ANDERSON, Peter John MA LLB JP d.1926 age 73. Librarian of Aberdeen University. An early contributor, in 1869, to the Stamp Collectors Magazine, and the Philatelic Record. Author, with BTK Smith, of ‘Early English Philatelic Literature 1862-65’ [1912]. Issued privately in 1919 ‘Philatelic Literature Collecting in 1864-79’. President Aberdeen and North of Scotland P.S. RDP 1921. Bequeathed his collection of philatelic literature to Aberdeen University.

ANDREWS, James b.1893. Authority on Falkland Is and Dependencies. Plated the QV 1d, 4d, 6d and 1/-, the Edward VII 1d, and the issue of 1912. Awarded Tapling Medal, 1951. Author of ‘The Cancellations of the Falklands and Dependencies, and the Handstruck Stamps’ [1956].

ANDREWS, William Hamilton b.1880. Joined Stanley Gibbons Ltd as cashier 1901. Secretary 1903. Joint Managing Director (with FS Phillips), 1926.

ARGENTI, Nicholas André 1896-1961. Educated Malvern College. Collector of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Received Founders’ Trophy of the Canadian P.S. of Great Britain, 1955, for original research. Discovered that two plates were made for 1d Nova Scotia, only one of which was used, and that part of the uncleared corners on the 1/- Nova Scotia die reappears on Nos. 11 and 21 on the sheet. Awarded gold medal at FIPEX 1956 and Tilleard Medal 1959. Wrote ‘The Postage Stamps of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia’, published in 1962, for which the Crawford Medal was awarded in that year.

ARMSTRONG, Douglas Brawn 1888-1969. Journalist. Hon Secretary PCGB, Margate 1912. Edited Stamp Collectors’ Annual, 1912. Philatelic correspondent of the Times, the Bazaar, and Flight. Wrote ‘The Edwardian Stamps of the British Empire’ [1912], ‘Boys’ Book of Stamp Collecting’ [1913], ‘Stamps for Beginners’ (with RER Dalwick) [1913], ‘Postage Stamps of War’ [1914], ‘War Stamps of the Allies’ (with CH Greenwood) [1920], ‘Stamp Collecting for Pleasure and Profit’ [1922], and numerous country monographs including Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Levant, Bosnia, The Nigerias, Crete, Abyssinia, New Hebrides, and Cayman Is (assisted by AJ Watkin and CB Bostwick). Edited Stamp Collecting [1933-49]. RDP 1959.

ATLEE, William Dudley b. Brighton 1848. Dealer 1864, and published his ‘Stamp Circular’ from 1865. One of the founders of RPSL and first Hon Secretary 1869. Wrote ‘The Spud Papers’ on forgeries in The Philatelist from 1871. Associated briefly, in 1872, with EL Pemberton in latter’s Philatelic Journal, launched in that year. Compiled a listing of English and Continental philatelic literature. Convicted at Birmingham in 1877 of embezzling money from The Moseley Skating Rink Company with whom he had been employed.

AVERY, Sir William Beilby Bart. 1854-1908. Senior partner in W. & T. Avery, Weighing machine makers, Birmingham. President Birmingham P.S. Acquired Bullock collection of Australia, and collections of West Indies and Western Australia from CJ Phillips. Had unused copies of 1d and 2d Post Office Mauritius, and a unique large unused block of the Swiss Double Geneva. WH Peckitt, the London dealer, purchased the collection in 1909 for £24,500, and issued a descriptive booklet.

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