Portraits of Famous Philatelists from 'The Philatelic Record', 1879-1914

19th century's greatest journal

This article was first published as “Portraits of Famous Philatelists from The Philatelic Record, 1879-1914.” Philatelic Literature Review 70 no. 2 (Second Quarter 2021)

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Researchers of philatelic history are invariably interested in the associated personalities – collectors, dealers, journalists, auctioneers, and the like. They also prefer to get contemporary photographs of such people for illustrating their research works. Given that photography was not ubiquitous during the lifetimes of the first and even the second generation of philatelists, it is not always easy to find them especially for those considered one notch below philately’s hallowed forefathers!

Figure 1: Vol. 1 of The Philatelic Record bound in its typical red cloth. This form of binding is found as commonly in blue colour as well and was the standard form at least until the 17th volume of 1895. The “Paris” Library of Tomas Bjäringer has volumes 1-30 all bound similarly in blue.

While preparing for offline and online presentations on early Indian dealers and philatelists in recent times, I frequently referred to The Philatelic Record¹ (Figure 1) apart from Indian journals of course. Sometime back, I came across Brian Birch’s article on biographies of famous philatelists as published in The Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly² between 1900 and 1915 (Birch 2001). Hence, I thought it may be worthwhile to compile the biographies in the Record in a similar fashion.

Since its very beginning in 1879, the Record used to supply, at the end of every year, one photograph of an eminent personality of that golden age; this served as the frontispiece of the yearly volumes. In the years 1897, 1899, and 1900 the journal published 11 interviews of famous philatelists. Finally, in the latter year, and with a change in the publisher to Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, the Record started a series called “Notable Philatelists” which continued until 1906. The series invariably contained a full-page photograph of its subject along with one to three pages of write-up.³ With yet another change in its ownership to William Lewis & Son, the series was abandoned.

The 19th Century’s Greatest Journal

There are many reasons for choosing the Record as the subject of this article.

First, it is a journal of the highest class which emerged fortuitously and filled the void caused by the demise of two of the best of that period – The Stamp Collector’s Magazine (1863-1874) and The Philatelist (1866-1876). The great Edward L. Pemberton’s The Philatelical Journal also found its end in this period, seeing just 16 issues between 1872 and 1875 owing to his indifferent health. Upon his death on 12 December 1878, his business as taken over by Alexander Henry Wilson and styled as Pemberton, Wilson, & Co. Almost immediately, in February 1879, the first issue of The Philatelic Record came out.

Figure 2: Editorial published in Vol. 1 No. 1 mentioning its “modest endeavours”

The magazine grew from its “modest endeavours” (Figure 2) to become, as Amrhein (1992 p. 70) says, “the nineteenth century’s greatest journal.” Smith (1917, p. 3) is of the opinion that, “…no periodical has ever been edited with a truer devotion to the best interests of stamp-collecting or with a higher standard of literary and philatelic record.”⁴ The latter part of the statement rings true when one considers the Record’s editors; they were some of the most brilliant philatelists of all time: Maitland Burnett (Figure 3), W. A. S. Westoby, Edward B. Evans, Marcellus P. Castle, Edward. J. Nankivell, W. Dorning Beckton, and L. W. Fulcher.⁵

Figure 3: The Record’s first editor – Maitland James Burnett. A towering philatelic personality of that time, Burnett left the editorship in 1885 and philately thereafter. He was one of the “Fathers of Philately” but is hardly known today.

Next, it is the only journal to have had a continuous run from the incunabula⁶ period right to the beginnings of World War I, an almost 36-year journey which spanned two generations of the hobby.⁷

Figure 4: A group photo of the crème de la crème of European philatelists taken at the Internationale Postwertzeichen-Ausstellung (International Philatelic Exhibition) held at Berlin between August 25 and September 5, 1904. All were members of the jury excepting The Hon-Secretary of the Exhibition, Dr. H. Lux, in the center.

Further, it is most often the only source of photographs of philatelists of that age (Figure 4) and the photos add a helpful context to their research, collections, and exhibits.

Last, but not the least, given the expiration of copyright, most of the Record’s issues are freely available on the internet to download.⁸ Thus, readers do not necessarily need in-person access to a philatelic library.

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Index of Philatelic Personalities

Personalities covered in this article are organized alphabetically. “The Fathers of Philately” whose names are inscribed posthumously on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists (RDP), have been identified with a ‘‡’ symbol. Later signatories to the Roll are marked with a ‘†’; readers are strongly recommended to Birch (2019) and Butler (1990) for more information on these individuals. Wherever possible, birth and death years of each philatelist have been added so that readers can place their biography in the proper context of time. Nationalities⁹ have been included. If there is an accompanying photograph, that is indicated as well. Since obituaries can be a rich source of information, however grotesque it may sound, they are an unwitting addition; such obituaries have only been included if they are judged to contain a reasonable amount of additional information.

A

Abbott, J. H.‡ (1851-1914); Great Britain
Vol. 25 (January 1903): 8-9; photo

Ackerman, Ernest R. (1863-1931); United States
Vol. 27 (September 1905): 177-179; photo

Alphen, Issac van; South Africa [Postmaster]
Vol. 22 (June 1900): 132-133; photo

Avery, Sir William B.‡ (1854-1908); Great Britain
Vol. 27 (November 1905): 233-235; photo
Vol. 30 (November 1908): 214; obituary

B

Beckton, W. Dorning† (1865-1931); Great Britain
Vol. 30 (November 1908): 198-200; photo

Bacon, E. D.† (1860-1938); Great Britain
Vol. 13 (December 1891): 281-283; photograph supplied with this issue to form as frontispiece to this volume
Vol. 19 (January 1897): 11-14; photo

Bell, Rev. William (-1902)
Vol. 24 (December 1902): 246-247, obituary, photo

Berger-Levrault, M. Oscar‡ (1826-1903); France
Vol. 25 (October 1903): 182-183, obituary

Bernichon, J. (1865-1911); France
Vol. 26 (September 1904): 184; group photo

Bondi, Chevalier Augusto Cave (1851); Italy
Vol. 28 (October 1906): 200-201; Biography, photo

Booty, Frederick W. (1841-1924); Great Britain
Vol. 27 (June 1905): 110-116; Bibliography of Booty’s catalogue; photos

Bowers, Dr. William C. (1851); United States
Vol. 30 (February 1908): 30-31; photo

Breitfuss, F.‡ (1851-1911); Russia
Vol. 26 (September 1904): 184; group photo
Vol. 29 (January 1907): 4-5; photo

Brown, Mount (1837-1919); Great Britain
Vol. 16 (December 1894): 273-275; photograph supplied with this issue to form as frontispiece to this volume

Bull, Walter; Great Britain [of Messrs. Ventom, Bull, & Cooper]
Vol. 19 (March 1897): 74-77; photo

Burnett, Maitland‡ (1844-1918); Great Britain
Vol. 8 (January 1887): 201-204; photograph supplied with this issue to form as frontispiece to this volume

C

Caillebotte Brothers, Gustave (1848-1894) and Martial (1853-1910) ‡; France
Vol. 12 (December 1891): 203-204; photograph supplied with this issue to form as frontispiece to this volume

Campbell, G. Lionel; Great Britain
Vol. 29 (June 1907): 116-117; photo

Castle, Marcellus Purnell (1849-1917); Great Britain
Vol. 14 (December 1892): 281-282; photograph supplied with this issue to form as frontispiece to this volume

Champion, Adrien (aka Henri Benche) (1867-); Switzerland [Alleged Fraudster]
Vol. 24 (April 1902): 94-96

Chew W. L. (1888-); Great Britain
Vol. 27 (August 1905): 160-161; photo

Clarke, Harvey R. G.; Great Britain
Vol. 26 (August 1904): 166-168; photo

Comte d’Assche, Monsieur le; Belgium
Vol. 24 (May 1902): 103-105; photo

Cooper, Sir Daniel‡ (1821-1902); Great Britain
Vol. 24 (July 1902): 152-153; obituary; photo

Figure 5: William Wilmot Corfield lived in Calcutta for a long period and was one of the fathers of Indian philately and philatelic journalism. He often wrote under the pseudonym ‘Dâk’ (post or mail in Hindi) and his writings include philatelic poems.

Corfield, Wilmot (1859-1919); Great Britain/India (Figure 5)
Vol. 24 (September 1902): 179-182; photo

Coyette, M. Albert (1860-1935); France
Vol. 24 (October 1902): 202-204; photo

Crawford, Earl of (James Ludovic Lindsay) (1847-1913); Great Britain
Vol. 35 (February 1913): 28; obituary

Creeke Jr., A. B. (1860-1932);
Vol. 23 (March 1901): 76-80; photo

Crocker, H. J.‡ (1861-1912); United States
Vol. 24 (June 1902): 132-134; photo
Vol. 34 (November 1912): 209-210; obituary

D

Daun, C. J. (1856-); Great Britain
Vol. 27 (January 1905): 6-8; photo

Davis, John (1835-1889); New Zealand [Printer]
Vol. 12 (April 1890): 83; obituary

Deats, H. E.† (1870-1963); United States
Vol. 26 (October 1904): 218-219; photo

Diena, Dr. Emilio† (1860-1941); Italy
Vol. 23 (April 1901): 103-106; photo
Vol. 26 (September 1904): 184; group photo

Figure 6: Hilmer Djurling was a member of the Stockholm Philatelic Club and Editor of Svensk Filatelistisk Tidskrift.

Djurling, Hilmer (1881); Sweden (Figure 6)
Vol. 29 (March 1907): 52-53; photo

Duerst, Geo. B. (1861-1923); Great Britain
Vol. 29 (February 1907): 26-28; photo

Durbin, Leonidas W. (1849-1887); United States
Vol. 8 (October 1887): 159; obituary

Duveen, H. J.‡ (1854-1919); Netherlands/Great Britain/United States
Vol. 25 (February 1903): 23-27; photo

E

Elster, J. E.; Germany
Vol. 26 (September 1904): 184; group photo

Ehrenbach, Robert (1858-1906); Great Britain
Vol. 21 (February 1899): 27-28; photo
Vol. 26 (September 1904): 184; group photo
Vol. 26 (December 1904): 265-268; photo
Vol. 28 (August 1906): 177; photo

Evans, Major Edward B.† (1846-1922); Great Britain
Vol. 6 (January 1885): 225-226; photograph supplied with this issue to form as frontispiece to this volume

Ewen, H. L’Estrange (1876-1912); Great Britain
Vol. 35 (October 1912): 187; obituary

F

Fernley, Miss (-1907); Great Britain
Vol. 29 (December 1907): 243; obituary

Ferrary, Philipp von‡ (1850-1917); Italy/Austria/Switzerland/Germany
Vol. 11 (December 1889): 132; photograph supplied with this issue to form as frontispiece to this volume

Figueroa, Mariano Pardo de – See under Thebussem, Dr.

Fraenkel, Heinrich (1853-1907); Germany
Vol. 29 (October 1907): 194-196; obituary; photo

Frentzel, Rudolph (1835-1915); Germany
Vol. 26 (June 1904): 121-123; photo

Fulcher, L. W.† (1866-1945); Great Britain
Vol. 27 (April 1905): 70-72; photo

G

Garson, J.P, David Solomon (1859); Great Britain
Vol. 30 (September 1908): 160-161; photo

Garth, Douglas‡ (1852-1900); Great Britain
Vol. 22 (February 1900): 53; obituary

Gee, J. Stelfox (1867-); Great Britain
Vol. 30 (August 1908): 140-142; photo

George V, King (1865-1936) (H.R.H. The Duke of York); Great Britain
It was earlier hoped to issue a photograph of the Earl of Kingston to form as frontispiece to Vol. 17. However due to his death, the portrait of the Duke of York, “another eminent philatelist” was supplied with Vol. 17 (December 1895).¹⁰

Gerhartz, F. (1854-); Germany/Great Britain
Vol. 30 (October 1908): 184-185; photo

Gibson, G. Fred. H. (1861-1910); Great Britain
Vol. 32 (April 1910): 90; obituary

Ginn, F. R. (1864)
Vol. 21 (March 1899): 50-51; photo

Gray, William Martello; Great Britain
Vol. 29 (September 1907): 170-171; photo

Grunewald, W., Great Britain
Vol. 25 (June 1903): 104-105; photo

Gwyer, [Samuel Edward] (-1939) [of G. Hamilton-Smith & Co]; Great Britain
Vol. 21 (April 1899): 78-79; photo

H

Hall, T. W.† (1861-1937); Great Britain
Vol. 25 (November 1903): 196-197; photo

Hamilton-Smith, G. (1870-1926) of G. Hamilton-Smith & Co.; Great Britain
Vol. 21 (April 1899): 78-79; photo

Harrison, Gilbert‡ (1858-1894); Great Britain
Vol. 16 (December 1894): 276; obituary

Hass, Theodar (1848-1911); Germany
Vol. 28 (February 1906): 28-29; photo

Hausburg, L. L. R.‡ (1872-1917); Great Britain
Vol. 26 (February 1904): 26-28; photo

Heer, D. M. De (1860-1907); Netherlands
Vol. 27 (December 1905): 258-260; photo
Vol. 29 (November 1907): 226; obituary

Higgins Jr., J. Steele (1885-1973); Great Britain
Vol. 28 (July 1906): 146-148; photo

Hill, David Haworth† (1851-1926); Australia
Vol. 17 (October 1895): 228-230

Hinton, T. H. (1853/54-1928); Great Britain
Vol. 29 (August 1907): 150-151; photo

Hoek, Anton M. van
Vol. 23 (October 1901): 240; photo
Vol. 26 (September 1904): 184; group photo

Holland, Alexander, United States
Vol. 26 (January 1904): 4-6; photo

Horsley, M. H. (-1925); Great Britain
Vol. 30 (July 1908): 122-123

Houison, Dr. A.‡ (1850-1912); Australia
Vol. 34 (October 1912): 188; obituary

I

Image, William Edmund; Great Britain (1807-1903) (Figure 7)
Vol. 10 (December 1888):197-199; photograph supplied with this issue to form as frontispiece to this volume
Vol. 25 (October 1903): 184, obituary

Figure 7: William Image started collecting in 1859 when he was in his 50s; hence he was one of the earliest stamp collectors. Due to his failing health, he sold his collection to T.K. Tapling in 1882. Had he put a little more effort into penning philatelic penning philatelic articles and not rejected an offer to buy the two “Post Office” Mauritius for £240, Image could have been a “Father of Philately!”

J

Jeppe, Fred. (1834-1898); South Africa [Postmaster]
Vol. 23 (January 1901): 32-33; photo

Jones, J. W. (-1935); Great Britain
Vol. 22 (April 1900): 95-97; photo

Jones, B. Gordon (1872-1957); Great Britain/India
Vol. 29 (November 1907): 214-215; photo

Jones, T. Wickham (1847-1929); Great Britain
Vol. 28 (January 1906): 2-3; photo

Joynt, W. R. Lane† (1855-1921); Ireland
Vol. 30 (January 1908): 8-9; photo

K

Kalchoff, Dr. Franz† (1860-1955); Germany
Vol. 25 (May 1903): 88-90; photo

Keyser, Consul Sixten (1856-); Sweden
Vol. 29 (May 1907): 100-101; photo

King, Whitfield (1855-1930); Great Britain [of Messrs. Whitfield King & Co.]
Vol. 19 (February 1897): 42-46; photo

Kingston, Lord‡ (Henry Ernest Newcomen King-Tenison) (1848-1896); Great Britain
Vol. 18 (January 1896): 13-14

Kinschot, Jonkheer C. Ph. L. van; Netherlands
Vol. 23 (December 1901): 292-294; photo

Kirkpatrick, [W. B.] (1859-); Great Britain [of Messrs. Kirkpatrick & Pemberton]
Vol. 22 (January 1900): 16-17; photo

Kloss, Dr. Paul (1848-1918); Germany
Vol. 24 (February 1902): 32-34; photo

Koch, George; Germany
Vol. 26 (March 1904): 56-57; photo

Krasemann, Rudolph (-1908); Sweden
Vol. 30 (October 1908): 192-193; obituary

L

Larmour, C. F. (1852-1914); Great Britain/India
Vol. 24 (November 1902): 230-233; photo

Legrand, J. A.‡ (Dr. Magnus) (1820-1912); France
Vol. 7 (January 1886): 205-210; photograph supplied with this issue to form as frontispiece to this volume

Lemaire, Théophile (1865-1943)
Vol. 21 (June 1899): 123-124; photo: 145

Lietzow, Paul (1942-1905); Germany
Vol. 27 (May 1905): 96-97; obituary; photo

Lloyd, P. J.; Great Britain
Vol. 26 (March 1904): 26-28; Bristol and Clifton Philatelic Society Exhibition news; photo

Lombard, M. H.; United States
Vol. 24 (August 1902): 167-169; photo

Long, Wm. A. R. Jex (1870-1925); Great Britain
Vol. 28 (September 1906): 181-184; photo

Luff, John N.† (1860-1938); United States
Vol. 24 (April 1902): 80-82; photo

Lux, Dr.; Germany?
Vol. 26 (September 1904): 184; group photo

M

Mahé, Pierre (1833-1913); France
Vol. 35 (February 1913): 28-29; obituary

Masson, Sir D. P.‡ (1847-1915); Great Britain/India
Vol. 26 (July 1904): 141-143

Maury, Arthur‡ (1844-1907); France
Vol. 29 (December 1907): 230-231; obituary; photo

Melville, Fred J.† (1882-1940); Great Britain
Vol. 30 (March 1908): 42-44; photo

Mertzanoff, Em. J.; Greece
Vol. 24 (March 1902): 56-58; photo

Mirabaud, Paul‡ (1848-1908); France
Vol. 30 (June 1908): 106-107; obituary; photo

Moens, Jean-Baptiste Philippe Constant‡ (1833-1908); France
Vol. 15 (December 1893): 273-276; photograph supplied with this issue to form as frontispiece to this volume
Vol. 30 (May 1908): 85-86; obituary

Moschkau, Alfred‡ (1848-1912); Germany
Vol. 30 (December 1908): 228-229; photo

Moser, William (1853/54-1909); Germany
Vol. 24 (January 1902): 6-9; photo
Vol. 26 (September 1904): 184; group photo
Vol. 31 (April 1909): 82; obituary

Munn, W. W.; Great Britain
Vol. 28 (November 1906): 224-225; photo

Mutzenbecher, Baron von; Germany
Vol. 23 (March 1901): 81-85, news of sale of collection; photo

N

Nankivell, E. J.‡ (1848-1909); Great Britain
Vol. 25 (March 1903): 52-54; photo
Vol. 31 (April 1909): 82; obituary

North, J. C. (1864-1951); Great Britain
Vol. 27 (September 1905): 214-215; photo

O

Oldfield, H. R.† (1859-1940); Great Britain
Vol. 19 (April 1897): 96-99; photo

Olney, Col. Frank F. (1851-1903); United States
Vol. 25 (November 1903): 216, obituary

P

Passer, Adolph (1865-1938); Austria
Vol. 28 (August 1906): 164-166; Biography, photo

Peckitt, W. H. (1870-1934); Great Britain
Vol. 21 (January 1897): 4-5; photo

Pemberton, Edward Loines‡ (1844-1878); Great Britain
Vol. 1 (February 1879): 2, obituary; photograph supplied with this issue to form as frontispiece to this volume

Pemberton, [Percival] Loines† (1875-1949); Great Britain [of Messrs. Kirkpatrick & Pemberton]
Vol. 22 (January 1900): 16-17; photo

Philbrick, Frederick Adolphus‡ (1835-1910); Great Britain
Photograph was to be supplied with the last issue of Vol. 2 i.e., January 1881 but due to some delay was sent later, likely with Vol. 3 (February 1881) to form as frontispiece to Vol. 2
Vol. 33 (January 1911): 17-18; obituary

Phillips, Charles J.† (1863-1940); Great Britain
Vol. 19 (June 1897): 158-162; photo
Vol. 26 (September 1904): 184; group photo

Pont, Dr. José Marco del‡ (1851-1917); Argentina
Vol. 25 (August 1903): 144-146; photo

R

Raikes, [Henry Cecil] (1838-1891); Great Britain [Postmaster-General]
Vol. 13 (September 1891): 213-214; obituary

Ransome, Francis (1859); Great Britain
Vol. 30 (May 1908): 88-89; photo

Reichenheim, Franz (1860-1929); Germany
Vol. 25 (December 1903): 224-226; photo

Reuterskiöld, Baron A. de† (1860-1937), Sweden
Vol. 26 (September 1904): 184; group photo

Roberts, Vernon (1859-1933); Great Britain
Vol. 27 (February 1905): 48-49; photo

Ruben, E. M. (1862-1931); Germany
Vol. 26 (September 1904): 184; group photo

S

Schroeder, Martin (1855-1913); Germany
Vol. 28 (June 1906): 130-131; photo

Sedlmayr, Otto (-1893); Germany
Vol. 15 (March 1893): 58; obituary

Figure 8: John Seybold was probably the first to collect stamps on covers. He used to stamp them with a blue ownership handstamp.

Seybold, John F. (1858-1909); United States (Figure 8)
Vol. 26 (May 1904): 100-102; photo

Smith, Gordon‡ (1856-1905); Great Britain
Vol. 27 (January 1905): 23-25; obituary; photo

Smith, Henry Stafford (1843-1903); Great Britain
Vol. 25 (April 1903): 66-68, obituary; photo

Stamford, Arthur H.; Great Britain
Vol. 28 (December 1906): 244-245; photo

Stephan, Dr. Heinrich von (1831-1897); Germany
Vol. 19 (May 1897): 143, obituary; sketch

Stewart-Wilson, C.† (1865-1950); Great Britain/India
Vol. 23 (November 1901): 270-272; photo

T

Tamsen, Emil† (1861-1957); South Africa
Vol. 22 (November 1900): 246-247; photo

Tapling, T. K.‡ (1855-1891); Great Britain
Vol. 9 (January 1888): 193-195; photograph supplied with this issue to form as frontispiece to this volume
Vol. 13 (April 1891): 69-71; obituary
Vol. 13 (May 1891): 93-97; about his collection

Figure 9: Charlotte Tebay was the first female member of The Philatelic Society, London having been elected on April 22, 1876. Many of the meetings of the Society between 1876-79 were held at her house.

Tebay, Mrs. Charlotte (1818/19-1902); Great Britain (Figure 9)
Vol. 22 (October 1900): 220-221; photo
Vol. 24 (February 1902): 47, obituary

Thier, Max (1852-1925); Germany
Vol. 28 (April 1906):82-83; photo

Thebussem, Dr.‡ (1828-1918); Spain (also see under Figueroa)
Vol. 26 (November 1904): 246-247; photo

Tiffany, John Keer‡ (1842-1897); United States
Vol. 19 (May 1897): 123; obituary

Tilleard, J. A. (1850-1913); Great Britain
Vol. 35 (October 1913): 179; obituary

Trechmann, J. P., O. Kramer (1854-1917); Germany
Vol. 30 (April 1908): 66-68; photo

V

Vicenz, Ernst (1865); Germany
Vol. 28 (March 1906): 48-49; photo

Viner, Dr. C.W.‡ (1812-1906); Great Britain
Vol. 3 (January 1882): 223-225; photograph supplied with this issue to form as frontispiece to this volume
Vol. 25 (October 1903): 180-182; photo
Vol. 28 (March 1906): 47; obituary

W

Walker, John† (1855-1926); Great Britain
Vol. 29 (July 1907): 130-132; photo

Warhurst, B. W. (1845-1911); Great Britain
Vol. 27 (July 1905): 134-136; photo

Westoby, W. A. S.‡ (1815-1899); Great Britain
Vol. 5 (January 1884): 220-222; photograph supplied with this issue to form as frontispiece to this volume
Vol. 21 (November 1899): 199; obituary

Wetherell, E. W. (1869-1933); Great Britain and India
Vol. 25 (July 1903): 128-130; photo

White, H. L.† (1860-1927); Australia
Vol. 29 (April 1907): 74-76; photo

Williams, Lt.-Col. W. D. Campbell (1856-1919)
Vol. 22 (January 1900): 9; photo

Worms, Baron Anthony de† (1869-1938); Great Britain
Vol. 25 (September 1903): 163-165; photo

Wright, Hastings E.‡ (1861-1897); Great Britain
Vol. 19 (November 1897): 284; obituary

Y

Ysasi, Victoriano de (c. 1816-1881); Spain/Great Britain (Figure 10)
Vol. 3 (August 1881): 121-122; obituary
Vol. 4 (January 1883); photograph supplied with this issue to form as frontispiece to this volume

Figure 10: Victoriano de Ysasi, who adopted Britain as his homeland, was one of the founders of The Philatelic Society, London in 1869. He was its Vice President when he was killed in a train crash.

Acknowledgement: I would like to thank Brian J. Birch for going through the draft and for his comments. Any feedback can be sent to my email id: abbh [at] hotmail.com.

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Amrhein, Manfred. 1992. Philatelic Literature: A History and a Select Bibliography from 1861 to 1991 Volume 1. Vol. 1. 4 vols. San Jose, Costa Rica: The Author.

(Bacon, Sir E[dward]. D[enny].) 1911. Bibliotheca Lindesiana Vol VII: A Bibliography of the Writings General Special and Periodical Forming the Literature of Philately. Aberdeen: University Press.

Bacon, Sir E[dward]. D[enny]. 1926. Supplement to the Catalogue of the Philatelic Library of The Earl of Crawford, K.T. Published 1911. London: The Philatelic Literature Society, 1926.

Birch, Brian J. 2001. “Biographies of Famous Philatelists from The Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly, 1900-1915.” The Philatelic Literature Review 50 no. 2 (Second Quarter): 98-113.

Birch, Brian J. 2018. Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers. Montignac Toupinerie, France: The Author http://www.globalphilateliclibrary.org/birch/BiographiesOfPhilatelistsDealers.pdf

Birch, Brian J. 2019. The Fathers of Philately Inscribed on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists. London: The Royal Philatelic Society London on behalf of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust.

Butler, A. R[onald]. 1990. The History of The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists. London: The British Philatelic Federation Limited.

(Smith, Bertram. T. K.). 1917. “The Philatelic Record (1879-1895).” The Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society 10 no. 1 (January): 1-7.

1. The magazine was called The Philatelic Record from Vol. 1 (February 1879) to Vol. 17 (December 1895). Thereafter it amalgamated with Theodor Buhl and Co.’s Stamp News and was renamed as The Philatelic Record and Stamp News from Vol. 18 (January 1896) to Vol. 21 (December 1899). Subsequently it went back to its original name from Vol. 22 (January 1900) to Vol. 36 (December 1914).

2. The title of this article is misleading in its scope since Birch additionally covers bibliographies of biographies i.e., separate works (but not journals) where biographies of philatelists may be found.

3. Unfortunately, and perhaps due to the language barrier, biographies of personalities from Europe are not as detailed as they should be.

4. To be sure, Smith (1917 p. 1) implied this only for the first 17 volumes of the journal (1879-1895) since with the 18^th volume, “…a new editorship brought about a radical change in the whole spirit of the publication.”

5. The tenure of the editors of the Record were as follows:

• A. H. Wilson: Vol. 1 (February 1879)

• Maitland Burnett: Vol. 1 (March 1879) to Vol. 7 (November 1885) (excepting a few issues which were edited by E. B. Evans)

• W. A. S. Westoby: Vol. 7 (December 1885) to Vol. 12 (June 1890) and Vol. 14 (January 1892) to Vol. 17 (December 1895) (See p. 169 and 185 of Vol. 7)

• Edward B. Evans: Vol. 12 (July 1890) to Vol. 12 (December 1890) (Evans started editing Stanley, Gibbons, and Co.’s Monthly Journal from September 1890 onwards)

• Marcellus P. Castle: Vol. 13 (January 1891) to Vol. 13 (December 1891) (Castle departed to edit the newly launched The London Philatelist, journal of The Philatelic Society, London from January 1892 onwards; with the launch of the new journal, the symbiotic relationship between the Record and the Society going back to 1879 ended)

• Edward. J. Nankivell: Vol. 18 (January 1896) to Vol. 20 (December 1898) and Vol. 21 (July 1899) to Vol. 23 (September 1901)

• Theodor Buhl: Vol. 21 (January 1899) to Vol. 21 (June 1899)

• W. Dorning Beckton: Vol. 23 (October 1901) to Vol. 30 (December 1908)

• L. W. Fulcher: Vol. 31 (January 1909) to Vol. 36 (December 1914)

6. Amrhein (1992, p. 9) defines the incunabula period of philately as being between 1861 and 1879.

7. The other magazine to vie for this honour would be Alfred Smith & Co.’s Monthly Circular which, including in its various avatars, ran from January 1875 to August 1922. However, it seldom contained original articles. News of new issues and the publisher’s own and third-party advertisements occupied the majority of space.

8. See for example, Smithsonian Libraries at library.si.edu/digital-library/book/philatelic-record. The issues are also available in the Crawford Collection at the British Library accessible online through globalphilateliclibrary.org; however, since the books were microfilmed, the photographs are usually not clear.

9. In case of philatelists whose nationalities was Great Britain but who lived for any length of time in India, I have marked them as Indian as well.

10. I would not have known this fact if it were not for a small slip inserted next to Duke of York’s photograph. This slip says, Owing to the much lamented death of the Earl of Kingston, whose photograph we had hoped to issue as a frontispiece to Vol. XVII of the “P. R,” we regret that the December number has been somewhat delayed. We will, however, present the portrait of another eminent philatelist to the Subscribers to Vol. XVII. Of the “Philatelic Record.”