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McGOWAN, Bertram d.1950 age 76. Solicitor (Scotland). Specialist in Chile and Great Britain. Gold medal for display of 1d red Die II, London 1923. Contributor to British Philatelist. Co-author, with Charles Nissen, of ‘The Plating of the Penny Black Postage Stamps of Great Britain, 1840’, for which they received Crawford Medal, 1922. Had fine range of Great Britain used abroad and provided chapter on Great Britain used in Gibraltar in the book on Gibraltar by GE Duveen, 1932. His Great Britain collection was auctioned by Robson Lowe. RDP 1922.

MACKENZIE-LOW, Andrew Stuart 1878-1962. Authority on Egypt and Sudan, for which he gained international awards, 1912-25. Egypt collection purchased from him by King Fuad in 1929. Author of ‘Notes on Postage Stamps of Egypt 1866-72’. Keeper of Records of Egypt Study Circle. RDP 1952.

MANN, Eric William 1882-1954. Son of WW Mann (1848-1915), well known collector of Australasia and Europe. Educated Harrow. Cricket Blue at Cambridge. Council Member RPSL 1932, President 1946-49. Curator of the Society’s collections. Tapling Medal for Natal, 1941, and Tilleard Medal for Natal, 1945, although his favourite collection was of Tasmania. Also specialised in modern line-engraved British Colonials. Presented his Natal collection to RPSL, 1950. RDP 1947.

MARSDEN, John Norris d.1939 age 82. Solicitor with British firm in Lisbon. Granted access to the postal archives there, he was an expert in the stamps of Portugal and Colonies, and received international awards. Arranged RPSL collection of Portugal. RDP 1921.

MARSDEN, William Henry Milnes MBE JP 1873-1956. Solicitor. Collected Holland and Colonies, Great Britain, Bosnia, France, Luxembourg, and Romania. Wrote on, and won awards for Bosnia, and contributed thereon in Kohl handbook. President Derby P.S. Vice-President RPSL. Chairman of Permanent Executive Committee of PCGB, 1938-47. RDP 1947. Chairman of RDP Board 1938, 1940, and 1946.

MARSH, Oswald 1880-1951. Born in Belfast. Dealer in Norwood, London S.E. Specialist in envelope stamps of Great Britain. Published Marsh’s Weekly Philatelist, and a Priced Catalogue of King George V Controls. Wrote ‘Marginal Varieties of the Edwardian Stamps of Great Britain’ [1912].

MARSH, Victor London dealer, from 1902, in philatelic literature. Purchased many libraries, including those of Eaton, Heide, van Rooij, Parés, and Moens. Compiled [1904] ‘International Directory of Philatelic Literature, Collectors, Dealers, and Publishers’. Wrote ‘Great Britain - Abnormal Embossed Postage Stamps of King Edward VII and King George V’ [1923].

MARSHALL, Chapman Frederick Dendy 1872-1945. Barrister. Student of Great Britain postal history and postmarks. Author of handbook on the ‘Numbered Obliterations of the London and Suburban Districts’ [1923], ‘The British Post Office from its Beginning to the End of 1925’ (Crawford Medal 1928), and ‘The Line Engraved Two Pence Postage Stamps of Great Britain’ [1929]. He was also a writer on railways.

MARTIN, Denys Richard Col RE 1892-1970. Expert on stamps and postal history of India. Co-author with EA Smythies of ‘The Half-Anna Lithographed Stamps of India 1854-55’ [1927], and ‘The Four Annas Lithographed Stamps of India 1854-55’ [1930], the latter bringing them the Crawford Medal. Author of ‘Pakistan Overprints on India 1948-49’. Also wrote on postal history of second Afghan War, and Indian TPOs. RDP 1939. (The complementary work on the ‘One Anna and Two Annas stamps of 1854-55’ was written by LE Dawson in 1950, and included five articles by Martin).

MASSON, Sir David Parkes 1847-1915. President and Treasurer P.S. of India. Specialist in Afghanistan and Kashmir. Also collected Indian Convention States and Ceylon. Wrote ‘The Stamps of Jammu and Kashmir’ [1900-01]. Proved so-called first issue of Kashmir to be bogus. Co-author, with BG Jones, of ‘The Postage Stamps of Afghanistan’ [1908]. Regular contributor to Philatelic Journal of India.

MAYCOCK, Thomas d.1925 age 74. Hon Librarian RPSL, 1893-1904. Council Member, 1906. Important contributor, for Nevis and Virgin Islands, to the Society’s book on the British Colonies in the West Indies, 1891.

MEINERTZHAGEN, Louis Ernest 1887-1941. Educated Eton. Partner in Frederick Huth & Co. Bankers. Member of Expert Committee RPSL. Awarded medal for Sicily, London 1923. Author of ‘Les Planches de L’Emission de Bordeaux’ [1925] for which he received Tapling Medal, 1926. Wrote 1849-75 section of France in Kohl handbook. RDP 1932.

MELLAND, Frank Hulme FZS d.1939 age 59. The first Administrator and Postmaster at Mpika, Northern Rhodesia, 1901-11, during which period he was the only white man living there. He occupied himself with philately and photography, the former based on the collection he had brought with him. He contributed articles on Rhodesian stamps and postmarks to the London Philatelist, 1907-09. These were despatched by ‘runner’ to Fort Jameson, about 150 miles, for the London Mail. Discovered the Rhodesia £2 rosy-red of 1897. Obtained by sending a 'runner' to Kota Kota, Nyasaland, several days journey, sheets of the 1d and 6d values of the 1907 issues which were withdrawn from sale almost immediately. As postmaster, he had been issued with a canceller wrongly worded ‘MPIGA’. He wrote to Fort Jameson for a letter ‘K’, in the meanwhile cancelling mail ‘MPI A’, without the ‘K’. After considerable delay his request was met, and the postmark ‘MPIGA’ was never used.

MELVILLE, Frederick John d.1940 age 57. Educated Westminster. Famous as philatelic author and journalist. Founded Junior Philatelic Society in 1899, was President from its inception until his death, and edited the Stamp Lover. Served on the juries of many philatelic exhibitions at home and abroad. Awarded Congress Cup at PCGB Bath 1935, for his paper ‘The Lives of the Forgers’. RDP 1921. Among his prolific writings were ‘The ABC of Stamp Collecting’, ‘Chats on Postage Stamps’, the series of twenty-eight ‘Melville Stamp Books’, 1908-36, each devoted to an individual country, and his final work ‘Modern Stamp Collecting’ [1940]. A bibliography, by LN & M Williams, of the Melville oeuvre, appeared in the Stamp Lover, January - May 1941, and was afterwards reprinted as a booklet. Outside philately, he had been editor of the Heartsease Library, Cosy Corner, Good Words, and the Sunday Magazine.

MEREDITH, Cecil William 1892-1971. Carried out extensive research into plating of Great Britain 1d reds, Plates 1 to 204 and Reserve Plates; Die II Plates 1 to 68 and Reserve Plates; and made special study of line-engraved matched pairs, postal history of Dundee, and the Greenock and Ardrishaig Packets 1879-1914. Won international awards. Author, with RC Alcock, of ‘British Postage Stamps Varieties Illustrated’ [1949], and, with Cyril Kidd, of ‘A Christmas Story - Posted in Advance for Delivery on Christmas Day 1902-09’ [1954]. Wrote ‘Scots Local Cancellations - Matched Pairs’ [1950], ‘Scots Local Cancellations - A Complete Recording’ [1953], and ‘Archer Perforations Complete Group Plates Nos.92-101’ [1959]. His paper ‘Scotland and Philately’ read at PCGB 1953. President Dundee and District P.S.

MILLINGTON, Harry Mackwood d.1903 age 37. Resided in Balham. Author of ‘An Exhaustive Catalogue of the Adhesive Postage Stamps of the British Empire’ [1894].

MONTRÉSOR, Brig Frank Montrésor MC 1885-1964. President Junior Philatelic Society, 1951-62. Authority on De La Rue die proofs and imprimaturs. Also collected Sierra Leone. Possessed rare early French literature including catalogues of E Thirifocq, A Potiquet, and A Baillieu. Instrumental in founding the Philatelic Congress Medal. His paper ‘Stamp Collecting - Can Its Status be Improved’ read at PCGB Felixstowe 1951.

MOORE, Edward & Co (CE Moore and Alexander Perris). Dealers in Liverpool. Published in 1862 The Monthly Advertiser, the world’s first entirely philatelic periodical, which continued as The Stamp Collectors Review and Monthly Advertiser until 1864.

MORGAN, Sybil 1898-1983. Postal historian with substantial collections covering Campaign covers to 1914, Forwarding Agents’ cachets, and Swiss airmails. International awards for Campaign covers 1947-50 and for Swiss airmails 1934-35. Joint author of ‘The Postal History of Cardiff’. President of Federation of South Wales P.S. RDP 1976.

MORGAN, Tom d.1965 age 60. Philatelic and Sporting journalist. Interested in thematics, Switzerland, Scandinavia, and unusual postmarks. Edited Philatelic Magazine 1945-65, Stamp Collectors’ Annual 1947-65, Philatelic Trader, Stamp Dealers Directory, and all other productions of Harris Publications Ltd. Wrote ‘Chats on the Stamps of China’ (Philatelic Magazine Handbook No.1).

MORLEY, Walter 1863-1936. London dealer and publisher, specialising in fiscal stamps. Received awards internationally for his publications, which included ‘Varieties of the Penny Black’, ‘Varieties of the Penny Red’, ‘The Fiscal Philatelist and Revenue Stamp Guide’ [1892], ‘Stamps of Great Britain’ [1893], ‘The Embossed Deed Stamps of Great Britain’ [1893], ‘Handbook of the Revenue Stamps of Great Britain and Ireland’ [1894], ‘Catalogue and Price List of the Stamps of Great Britain including Fiscals, Railway Stamps etc.’ [1895], ‘Catalogue and Price List of the Revenue Stamps of the British Colonies’ [1895], ‘Catalogue of the Telegraph Stamps of the World’ [1900], Morley’s Philatelic Journal [1900-08], ‘The Embossed Revenue Stamps of Great Britain and Ireland’ [1911], ‘Catalogue and Price List of the Newspaper Tax Stamps of Great Britain and Ireland’ [1912].

MORTIMER, Charles Henry 1869-1932. Educated Rugby. Barrister. Studied line-engraved proofs and reprints of Great Britain and Colonies. Also a specialist in Kashmir, and acquired Sefi/Masson collection. Engaged at time of death with AJ Sefi in preparing book on Jammu-Kashmir (published in 1937, when both writers were deceased). Recipient of international awards.

MORTON, Rev Cyril Shadforth d.1947 age 63. Collected Jamaica, Hong Kong, Mauritius, and Straits Settlements, winning medals for Jamaica in London and Oslo. Vice-President BPA. Hon Secretary to Permanent Executive Committee of PCGB Birmingham 1929. Co-author with LCC Nicholson, GW Collett, and WB Edwards of ‘Jamaica - Its Postal History, Postage Stamps and Postmarks’ [1928], and with GT Bishop and W Sayers, of ‘Hong Kong - Treaty Port and other Postmarks’ [1934] (revised by Lobdell and Hopkins, 1949). RDP 1936.

MOSELY, Dr Edward b. in London, 1868. Afterwards of Johannesburg. Company Director. Assembled a fine collection of British Africa issues to 1935, mainly unused. Including many rarities, it covered Cape of Good Hope (with 4d black triangular), Mauritius, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Ascension, Bechuanalands (with various double overprints on the 1889 ½d slate), Gambia, Gold Coast, Lagos, Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika, Natal, Northern Nigeria (with unused 1904 £25), Nyasaland, St Helena (with double surcharge on 1884-94 1/- yellow-green), Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South and South West Africa, Transvaal, Zanzibar, and Zululand. In 1942 he gave the collection to his daughter, Mrs Kathleen Cunningham, who in 1946 presented it to the British Museum in memory of her parents. It is now in the British Library.

MURSELL, Rev James d.1948 age 88. Born in England, but had resided in Queensland since 1939. Member of Council RPSL, 1935-39. Tilleard Medal for South Australia, 1936. Awarded Congress Cup at PCGB Harrogate 1921 for his paper ‘The Scientific Interest of Surface Printed Stamps’, and at PCGB Cambridge 1925, Bates prize for ‘Specialism - Its Field, Its Aims, Its Dangers’. Regular contributor to the Australian Stamp Journal. Took part in preparation of ‘The Postage Stamps of South Australia’ (P.S. of S.A.), although this was not published until 1955. RDP 1946.

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