31 Philatelic literature

Philatelic literature is written material relating to philately, primarily information about postage stamps and postal history.

Fritz F. Billig (1902–1986) was a Viennese philatelist and stamp dealer who fled to the United States after the Austrian Anschluss in 1938 and continued his career from Jamaica, New York. There he published a successful and long-running series of philatelic handbooks that are still regularly referred to by philatelists today.

Frederick William Booty was an English artist from, who was also the author of the first postage stamp catalogue in English, and the first illustrated stamp catalogue anywhere.

John J. Britt was a member of the Collectors Club of New York. He was awarded the Lichtenstein Medal in 1961 for his contributions to philately.

William Penn Brown (1841–1929), of New York City, was an early pioneer in the hobby of stamp collecting. Brown was born in India of missionary parents and was raised in Japan before he emigrated to the United States and started a successful business selling stamps in New York City in 1860.

Richard McPherren Cabeen, of Chicago, Illinois, United States, was well known philatelist in the Chicago area. He was one of philately's foremost writers of philatelic literature. The New York Times gives his nickname as "Sandy." He married Blema Eulaila Meagher on October 28, 1910.

Raymond John Ceresa was an English chemist, stamp collector and philatelic expert on postage stamps of Russia and areas from the 1917–23 era. Ceresa wrote a five-volume monumental work on these issues.

Alberto Diena, of Italy, was an expert on stamps of Italy, its former colonies, and the Italian states of the 19th century. He was the son of his internationally renowned father, Emilio Diena, who was regarded by many as “Italy’s greatest philatelist.”

Manfred Dobin (1925-2015) of St. Petersburg, was a stamp dealer and auctioneer, and philatelic expert on Imperial postmarks, 1750-1858 of Russia. Dobin became a member of the Association Internationale des Experts en Philatéle, AIEP in 1995. He has also been a member of the Expert Council on Russian Philately since 1991.

Alfred J. Forbin was a pioneering French stamp dealer who wrote an all-world catalogue of revenue stamps that has never been surpassed.

Henry M. Goodkind of New York City, was a distinguished American philatelist who specialized in the study of air mail postage stamps of the world, and published numerous articles and studies on the subject.

John Edward Gray, FRS was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of zoologist George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray (1766–1828). The standard author abbreviation J.E.Gray is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. The same is used for a zoological name.

Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers is a book edited by Derek Willan and published by the Hellenic Philatelic Society of Great Britain in 1994. The book is a work of postal history that describes the postmarks used by Greek rural postmen in the twentieth century since the rural post service was introduced in 1911.

Rear Admiral Frederic R. Harris, of New York City, was a philatelist who amassed some of the finest collections in philatelic history.

Usman Ali Isani was born in 1934 in his village Buddo Shikarpur. He is studentof PrinceofWalesRoyalMilitary College Dheradhoon later after indo pak division he joined Lawrence College and was first sindhi sword of honour of 13th PMA Long course. Later as Captain he wad inducted in civil services in 1960 as Assistant Comissioner Tank.is a former senior most Pakistani bureaucrat, educationist and a philatelist. Isani served at the high-profile positions of Principal Secretary to Governor west Pakistan in 1968 and to the Prime Minister of Pakistan (PSPM) Muhammad Khan Junejo in the 1980s and also to PM Benazir Bhutto in her first government, Secretary General Establishment Division and Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. After retirement from civil services, he served as Vice Chancellor for Iqra University. and Vice Chancellor of Quaid-e-Azam University.

Emanuel Joseph Lee was a philatelist who was a specialist in the stamps of Uruguay.

The Lindenberg Medal is an award given to those who provide “conspicuous service to philately” because of their investigations and contributions to philatelic literature.

Ma's Illustrated Catalogue of the Stamps of China is a specialized catalogue of earlier Chinese stamps covering the periods from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. It provides the most comprehensive and systematic record of every stamp from the first Customs issue of 1878 to the Dah Tung print Postage Due stamp in 1947. Ma's Illustrated Catalogue differs from other stamp catalogues as it goes beyond a simple listing of stamps. Ma's catalogue provides a wealth of philately related information of high historical significance that is much needed in the research and study of early Chinese stamps. Today many refer to this catalogue as simply "馬氏圖鑑" or "馬氏國郵圖鑑".

James Negus was a British philatelist and book editor.

Charles Lathrop Pack, a third-generation timberman, was "one of the five wealthiest men in America prior to World War I". He owed his good start in life to the success of his father, George Willis Pack, and grandfather, George Pack, Jr. in the forestry sector. Growing up on Lake Huron in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, Charles L. Pack lived in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1871 to the early years of the 20th century. With "savvy investments ... in southern timber ... banking and real estate", Pack became a multi-millionaire. During World War I, he was a principal organizer and was heavily involved in the war garden movement in the United States.

Bertram William Henry Poole was an American student of philately, and wrote numerous monographs on various aspects of the hobby. He was well known as a respected philatelist in Great Britain before emigrating to the United States shortly before 1913.

Alfred Potiquet was a French official who was responsible for the first stamp catalogue in the world. The 1861 first edition is held by the Royal Philatelic Society London.

Fernand Serrane (1880–1932) was a Belgian philatelist who was a popular philatelic author in France and published one of the classic works in the field of identifying forged stamps.

John Kerr Tiffany, of St. Louis, Missouri, was one of the earliest American philatelists and was regarded in an 1890 poll of philatelists as the second most important person in philately, second only to the famous John Walter Scott.

Philip Henry Ward Jr., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a stamp dealer who created and sold collections of rare postage stamps, and was noted for his stressing the importance of first day covers of United States stamps.

Cornelius Wendell Wickersham was a decorated United States army officer with the rank of Lieutenant general; a lawyer and an award-winning author of philatelic literature. He studied at the Harvard University and practiced law for several years, before embarked for France during World War I. Wickersham served as Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations of IV Corps during Battle of Saint-Mihiel and received Army Distinguished Service Medal.

Benjamin Wishnietsky (1915-2013) was a retired textile chemist and a collector of United States, Greek, and Confederate philatelic material for his entire adult life.

Willard Otis Wylie, of Boston, Massachusetts, was a noted philatelic editor and writer.

Mahbub Jamal Zahedi was a veteran journalist and philatelist from Pakistan. During a career of nearly fifty years he served as editor of the Khaleej Times, Dubai, UAE as well the news editor and senior assistant editor of Dawn, Karachi, Pakistan.