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FENTON, Miss Adelaide Lucy d. 1897 age 72. From 1863 contributed many articles to the Stamp Collector’s Magazine and The Philatelist, under the noms de plume of Herbert Camoens and Fentonia. Resided in Clifton, Bristol and possessed a substantial philatelic library, including complete sets of the Stamp Collector’s Magazine and The Philatelist. These two sets, with many annotations by her, were acquired by RPSL in 1909.

FERGUSON, Arthur D. FRMS d.1928 age 59. Bank official. British Guiana and British West Indies specialist, and received international awards. Edited British Guiana Philatelic Journal from its inception in 1906. Founder (1903), and Secretary British Guiana P.S. RDP 1923.

FIELD, David 1871-1926. Dealer in Bond St, London 1899, and later in Vigo St. Published the West-End Philatelist, A Priced Catalogue of Air Mail stamps and Air Posts of the World, and other handbooks. Dealt especially in War Stamps and wrote ‘Allied Postage Stamps of the Great War and After’ [1923]. The business was continued by his widow, Edith Field, herself a medal-winning philatelist, and Chairman of PCGB Torquay 1930.

FIELD, Francis John 1895-1992. For seventy years a student of airpost history and aerophilately. In 1921 he founded the firm of Francis J Field Ltd, dealing specially in air stamps. At Birmingham, in May 1923, he gave the first British philatelic talk on radio. He compiled 'A Commercial and Historical Atlas of the World’s Airways’ [1925], and was co-author, with NC Baldwin, of ‘The Coronation Aerial Post 1911’ [1934]. Works published by his firm included : ‘British Air Mails - A Chronology of the Air Posts of Great Britain and Ireland’ [1935], ‘Air Mail Labels (Etiquettes)’, ‘The Blitz Book’ [1942], ‘Great Britain and Ireland - Catalogue of Internal Air Mails 1910-41’ compiled by NC Baldwin [1942], ‘World Air Posts - A concise priced summary of the Air Post and Aviation Souvenirs of about 200 countries’ [1948], ‘British Air Mail Society Souvenir’ [1971], and from 1926 the house magazine ‘The Aero Field’. President Aerophilatelic Federation and Streetly P.S. Named in Roll of Honour of Birmingham P.S. RDP 1968.

FIELD, Thomas Edwin b. 1905. Collection comprised Great Britain Coronation Air Post 1911, the African Air route to 1939, the Australian Air route to 1939, and Irish postal history, including Great Britain used in Ireland. President Australian Commonwealth Specialists Society of Great Britain, Postal History Society, Yorkshire Philatelic Association, Huddersfield P.S., Wakefield P.S. Founder member Society of Postal Historians.

FIRTH, Oliver d.1913 age 52. Resided at Baildon, Yorks. Author of ‘Postage Stamps and their Collection’ [1897]. President Leeds P.S. and Bradford P.S.

FISHER, Harold Wolf 1903-1986. Regular contributor to Philatelic Journal of Great Britain 1964-79. His Gold medal collection of Great Britain essays, die proofs, and colour trials from 1837 was exhibited at several international exhibitions. Grand Award at London 1970 for best Great Britain exhibit. His outstanding contribution to philately was the development of the Roland Brown concept of a plating system based on the precise pin-pointing of the corner letter positions of the QV 1d line engraved issues, on which he published five volumes 1972-85 (Crawford Medal). President GBPS 1974-76. RDP 1981.

FLEMING, George William Thomas Hunter MRCS LRCP d.1962 age 67. Student of Great Britain 1840-41 and pre-1840 postmarks. A veteran plater. Received international awards for his 1841 1d reds. Also collected Belgium. Founder of British Postmark Society.

FLETCHER, Henry George Leslie LDS RCS 1897-1982. Had general collection of Great Britain, but including reconstruction of plate numbers, and study of repairs to plates. Specialised Eire, with varieties, essays, controls, etc. Local stamps of all countries. Forgeries, especially postal. Hon Curator of forgery collection at Junior Philatelic Society. Author of ‘Postal Forgeries of the World’ [1972]. President Cinderella Stamp Club. Received Thomas Edwin Field Award for services to Irish philately, 1978.

FLOYD, Dr Ernest William d.1930 age 54. Specialist in line-engraved Great Britain. Also collected British Levant, Confederate States, Bergedorf, Heligoland, Modena, and Barbados. Contributor to various journals and received international awards. Compiled, with Hubert Selwyn Hodson, Philatelic Magazine handbook on Line-Engraved Alphabets [1922]. RDP 1927.

FORRESTER-WOOD, William Rodney FRCS 1902-1960. Authority on stamps and postal history of Sarawak. Tapling Medal, 1952, for the ‘First Issue of Sarawak of March 1st 1869’, and ‘Sarawak - The Three Cents stamp of 1871. A Study of the Plating and Method of Production’. Wrote ‘The Stamps and Postal History of Sarawak’ 1957 (Crawford Medal 1959). President Sarawak Specialists’ Society.

FULCHER, Lionel William d.1945 age 79. Assistant Keeper, Science Museum, South Kensington. Hon Librarian RPSL, 1902-28. Associated with FJ Peplow in editing the Philatelic Record. Plated first two issues of Japan with Peplow. Co-author with TW Hall of a handbook on Venezuela [1924]. They also wrote studies of Peru. Edited, with F Stanley Phillips, Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal. Wrote monograph on Roman States, 1912. Active member of Fiscal Philatelic Society, and contributor to its Bulletin. Vice-President International Philatelic Union. RDP 1921.

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