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CAMPBELL-JOHNSTON, Louis 1862-1929. Chairman of Winox Ltd. Collected Propaganda and Commemorative stamps. Issued Winox War stamps (six million) 1914, and Winox Animal Lovers’ stamps, 1918. His extensive collection of poster stamps, mainly advertising exhibitions, and covering issues from about 1850 to the mid-1920s, was given to the British Museum by Mrs Florence Campbell-Johnston in 1932. It is now at the British Library.

CAROE, Sir Einar Athelstan Gordon 1903-1988. Grain merchant and broker. Had specialised collections of Argentina, Belgium, Holland, Baltic States, Danzig, Denmark, Danish West Indies, and Iceland. Contributed articles to philatelic press from 1927. Awarded Tapling Medal 1943 for ‘Iceland - The 1902-03 Overprints’. Author of ‘Icelandic Posts 1776-1919 under Danish Administration’ [1947] (reprinted from the London Philatelist). RDP 1972.

CARTWRIGHT, John Campbell 1888-1973. Collected Canada, Portugal, and Mexico. A progressive philatelic organiser in Canada and Great Britain. Founded several philatelic societies, and ran exhibitions, including the first to be held in Canada at Yorkton in 1923. President Yorkton P.S., Winnipeg P.S. and Canadian P.S. of Great Britain. Founder and President Tunbridge Wells P.S. President Kent Federation of P.S. Chairman PCGB, Tunbridge Wells 1950. RDP 1956.

CASTLE, Marcellus Purnell MVO JP 1849-1917. Educated King’s College School. President RPSL 1913. Edited the London Philatelist 1892-1917, except for ten issued in 1892-93 when he was abroad. Member of Expert Committee. Had specialised collection of Australia and British Colonies of Oceania, which he sold in 1894 for £10,000, so that he might concentrate on European items. The latter comprised 67 volumes when sold to WW Mann for £27,500 in 1900. A second collection of Australia realised £5750 in 1905. President Herts P.S. and Brighton & Sussex P.S. Lindenberg Medal.

CHAPMAN, John Henry 1860-1942. Director of steel companies. Chiefly interested in Australia (particularly Queensland), Holland, Belgium, and France. Received awards for Queensland, including Tilleard Medal 1927. President Sheffield P.S. and Leeds P.S. Chairman PCGB, Harrogate 1921, and Member of Permanent Executive Committee. Council Member RPSL, 1925. RDP 1926.

CHAPMAN, Samuel d.1943 age 84. Had business interests in Mexico and access to the post office archives there. Wrote ‘The Eagle and Maximilian Stamps of Mexico’ [1913] and ‘The Postage Stamps of Mexico - 1856-68’ [1926]. Both were given awards in New York. RDP 1938.

CHEAVIN, William Harold Squier DSc FCS FRES FRMS FRPS 1885-1968. Inventor of the Cheavin-Watson philatelic microscope, 1912. Collected Great Britain and Colonies, Belgium, France, Holland, Sweden, and USA. Gained international awards. Author of ‘Philately and the Microscope’, ‘Philately and Fluorescent’, ‘Philately and X-rays’, 'India - Issues of the East India Company’.

CHEVELEY, Thomas Welsh 1850-1912. Boy-dealer in stamps in Colchester, 1862. Accountant with a bank in Sheffield. Joined Pemberton, Wilson & Co, the London dealers. Founded Cheveley & Co Auctioneers, and was one of the pioneers of regular stamp auctions in London, his first sale being held in Chancery Lane on 23rd March 1889. In 1891 he was in partnership with WT Wilson, as Cheveley Wilson & Co, but later reverted to sole proprietorship of the business.

CLOUGHER, Nugent Medd d.1963 age 76. Interests were Canada, including postal history, especially Prince Edward Island and North-West Territories. Also French postal history. Founder member of the Canadian P.S. of Great Britain and first chairman of London Section. President High Wycombe P.S. and Postal History Society. For five years, director of and lecturer in the Philatelic Course, at City Literary Institute, London. Joint author, with Leslie G Tomlinson, of ‘Prince Edward Island’ 1959. Postal History Society Award conferred in his name from 1967.

COCHRANE, William James d.1940 age 67. Surveyor. Awarded medals for his collections of South America, and author, assisted by HA Spowart, of ‘Rivadavia stamps of Argentina’ [1923]. President North of England P.S., Chairman PCGB, Newcastle 1920. RDP 1923.

COLLETT, Gilbert William 1887-1964. Botanist. Jamaica specialist. Co-author, with Rev CS Morton, LCC Nicholson, and WB Edwards, of ‘Jamaica - Its Postal History, Postage Stamps, and Postmarks’ [1928]. Also collected ‘Specimen’ stamps. Hon Treasurer PCGB, 1932-59, then Hon Life member. President Chippenham P.S. for 10 years. Founder President of British West Indies Study Circle. Hon Life Member Jamaica P.S. RDP 1952.

COLLINS, Ernest Howard d.1927 age 67. Company director. Hon Treasurer RPSL 1922-27. His extensive general collection was auctioned by Plumridge & Co in 12 sales on 27 days, in 1928-29. It included Saxony 1850 3pf pair on piece; two examples of France 1849 lfr tκte-bκche, each on piece; Great Britain 1867 one pound unused; Cape of Good Hope 1d blue Woodblock error on piece; Trinidad 1847 Lady McLeod on cover; Western Australia 4d blue with inverted frame (ex Ferrary); etc. The last was offered “without any guarantee whatever”, and realised £350. In the Ferrary sale five years earlier, it had realised about £1000.

COOPER, Sir Daniel 1821-1902. One of the founders of, and first President of RPSL 1869-78. Joined commercial firm in Sydney, 1843. Speaker of New South Wales, 1856-59. Returned to England in 1859 and became Agent-General for New South Wales. Baronet, 1863. KCMG 1880. GCMG 1890. From 1861 he built up a fine collection of Australia which he sold in 1878 to FA Philbrick for £3000, the first four-figure price for a collection.

CORFIELD, William Wilmot 1859-1919. Educated King Edward’s School, Birmingham. Accountant. Specialised in India and Ceylon. Went to Calcutta, 1886. Author of ‘Dak Dicta’ [1911], and, with CSF Crofton, ‘The Adhesive Fiscal and Telegraph Stamps of British India’ [1905]. Council Member RPSL, 1911. Curator of that Society’s Adhesive Collection. Briefly editor of the London Philatelist, following death of MP Castle. Edited ‘Philatelic World’ (Calcutta) 1894-97, and ‘Philatelic Journal of India’ 1898. Hon Secretary & Treasurer, Philatelic Society of India 1897-1909, and afterwards Vice-President. Curator of Indian National Stamp Collection in Victoria Museum, Calcutta.

CRANE, Arthur Osbert 1897-1969. Philatelic writer. Books included ‘Postage Stamps and the Empire’s Story’ [1936], ‘Practical Stamp Collecting’ [1939], ‘Rex Priced Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of King George VI’ [1943], ‘Stamp Cavalcade’ [1944], ‘Varieties to Look For in British Empire Stamps’ [1948], and ‘Money in Postage Stamps’ [1949].

CRAWFORD and BALCARRES, Earl of, KT FRS 1847-1913. Started collecting about 1900. His holding of Italian States was later the foundation of the famous Alphonse Rothschild collection. President RPSL 1910-13. Most of his stamps had been sold prior to his death, but he still had 100 volumes of Great Britain and USA. His article on Benjamin Cheverton, an entrant in the Treasury Competition of 1839, was reprinted from the London Philatelist in 1910. His magnificent philatelic library, catalogued by ED Bacon, was bequeathed to the nation, except for duplicate items given to RPSL. The Crawford Medal, silver-gilt, instituted in his memory by RPSL, was first awarded in 1920. The British Library now holds his collection of philatelic literature.

CRAWFORD, Capt Charles Wispington Glover CBE RN 1873-1934. Joint Hon Librarian RPSL 1921-34 and Member of Council and Expert Committee. Contributed articles on Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, China, and Nicaragua to various journals. His paper, ‘Reflections on Modern Philately’ read at PCGB Harrogate 1921. Part-author of ‘The Postage Stamps, Envelopes, Wrappers, Postcards, and Telegraph Forms of Queensland’ published by RPSL in 1930. RDP 1934.

CREEKE, Anthony Buck 1860-1932. Solicitor. Edited Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly and British Philatelist. Co-author, with HE Wright, of ‘A History of the Adhesive Stamps of the British Isles Available for Postal and Telegraph Purposes’ [1899]. Author of a supplement to the foregoing [1904]. Also wrote ‘Stamp Collecting - A Guide for Beginners’ [1914]. Hon Librarian to Junior Philatelic Society. Compiled an index to 800 philatelic journals in the English language from 1862 to 1928.

CROFTON, Charles Stanhope Foster 1873-1909. Educated Harrow. Employed in Indian Civil Service. Edited Philatelic Journal of India. Co-author, with WW Corfield, of ‘The Adhesive Fiscal and Telegraph Stamps of British India’ [1905]. Compiled, with LLR Hausburg and C Stewart-Wilson, RPSL handbook ‘The Postage and Telegraph Stamps of British India’ [1907] (the section on telegraph stamps was chiefly written by him). Wrote with BG Jones ‘The Fiscal and Telegraph Stamps of Ceylon’ [1911].

CROOM-JOHNSON, Sir Reginald Powell 1879-1957. Judge in King’s Bench Division of High Court. Philatelic editor of The Bazaar. Specialised in first issue of British Solomon Islands. Wrote ‘Postage Stamp Collecting’ [1921] and ‘Stamps of Solomon Islands’ [1928], English and French editions.

CROUCH, Guy Robert MC TD DL 1890-1956. Solicitor. Student of postmarks and air posts of Great Britain. His numerous writings included ‘Notes on Early British Postmarks 1790-1820’; ‘The Uniform Fourpenny Post Office Stamps’; ‘The First PD Marks’; ‘The Additional Halfpenny Mark’; ‘First Scots Bishop Mark of 1693-1720’; ‘The History of the British Army Post Office’; ‘Army Post Offices on Manoeuvres and Elsewhere 1910-37’; ‘Letters from the British Army in Holland’; ‘British Army P.O. in Egypt 1882-85’; ‘The Army Postal Service 1799-1854’; ‘British Army Field P.O.s. 1939-41’; ‘The Predecessors of the British Postage Due Stamps’; ‘British Late Fee Postmarks’; ‘Postage Meter Frank Stamps’; ‘Postal Franks’; and ‘British Army Field P.O.s. 1939-50’ (with Norman Hill). RDP 1955.

CUMMINGS, Rev Alfred James Hayman d.1927 age 85. Specialised in Great Britain 1840-1900. Author of the standard work ‘The College Stamps of Oxford and Cambridge - A Study of their history and use from 1870 to 1886, exemplified by reference to Original Letters and Collections’ [1904].

CURLE, James Herbert d.1942 in Vancouver, Br Columbia. Awarded medals in Vienna and Johannesburg, and Tilleard Medal in 1934 for his displays of Transvaal. Co-author with AE Basden of ‘Transvaal Postage Stamps’ [1940], for which they received Crawford Medal. The authors added many varieties to the Transvaal listings in the Stanley Gibbons catalogue. Curle bequeathed his collection to the Africana Museum, Johannesburg.

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