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'''Harry Osborne MD''' (1875-1959) was a British [[philately|philatelist]] who wrote several important works on classic British stamps and signed the [[Roll of Distinguished Philatelists]] in 1954.<ref>http://www.abps.org.uk/Home/Who_Was_Who/index.xalter#O</ref> |
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[[File:British Line Engraved Stamps, Twopence Blue - Studies of Plates 1 to 15 by Harry Osborne.jpg|thumbnail|right|The cover of ''British Line Engraved Stamps, Twopence Blue - Studies of Plates 1 to 15'', 1948.]] |
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'''Harry Osborne''' MD, MRCS, DPH, (28 November 1875<ref name=bateman>Bateman, Robert. ''Stamp Collectors' Who's Who''. London: [[Stanley Gibbons|Stanley Gibbons Ltd]]., 1960, p.66.</ref> – 21 June 1959<ref>''British Medical Journal'', 1959.</ref><ref>"Dr. Harry Osborne" in ''[[The Times]]'', 24 June 1959, Issue 54495, p.12.</ref>) was a British [[medical practitioner]] and [[philately|philatelist]] who wrote several important works on classic British stamps and signed the [[Roll of Distinguished Philatelists]] in 1954.<ref>[http://www.abps.org.uk/Home/Who_Was_Who/index.xalter#O Who Was Who in Philately.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713234319/http://www.abps.org.uk/Home/Who_Was_Who/index.xalter#O |date=13 July 2011 }} [[Association of British Philatelic Societies]], 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.</ref> |
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Osborne won the [[Crawford Medal]] from the [[Royal Philatelic Society London|Royal Philatelic Society, London]] for his work on the Great Britain Twopence stamp, Plate 9. |
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He won a Gold Award of Honour for his stamps of Great Britain at the [[London International Stamp Exhibition 1950]] and was also a student of the stamps of Ceylon and New South Wales. |
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== Publications == |
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*''The Ray Flaws of Plates 1 and 2 of the Penny Black'', 1935. |
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*''Great Britain Twopence Plate Nine - A Study of the Plate and its Repairs'', [[Charles Nissen|Chas. Nissen]] & Co., London, 1939. |
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*''British Line Engraved Stamps, Twopence Blue - Studies of Plates 1 to 15'', [[Johnny Johnson (philatelist)|H.F. Johnson]], London 1948. |
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*''British Line Engraved Stamps - Repaired Impressions'', H.F. Johnson, London, 1949. |
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Latest revision as of 12:13, 29 August 2023
Harry Osborne MD, MRCS, DPH, (28 November 1875[1] – 21 June 1959[2][3]) was a British medical practitioner and philatelist who wrote several important works on classic British stamps and signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1954.[4]
Osborne won the Crawford Medal from the Royal Philatelic Society, London for his work on the Great Britain Twopence stamp, Plate 9.
He won a Gold Award of Honour for his stamps of Great Britain at the London International Stamp Exhibition 1950 and was also a student of the stamps of Ceylon and New South Wales.
Publications
[edit]- The Ray Flaws of Plates 1 and 2 of the Penny Black, 1935.
- Great Britain Twopence Plate Nine - A Study of the Plate and its Repairs, Chas. Nissen & Co., London, 1939.
- British Line Engraved Stamps, Twopence Blue - Studies of Plates 1 to 15, H.F. Johnson, London 1948.
- British Line Engraved Stamps - Repaired Impressions, H.F. Johnson, London, 1949.
References
[edit]- ^ Bateman, Robert. Stamp Collectors' Who's Who. London: Stanley Gibbons Ltd., 1960, p.66.
- ^ British Medical Journal, 1959.
- ^ "Dr. Harry Osborne" in The Times, 24 June 1959, Issue 54495, p.12.
- ^ Who Was Who in Philately. Archived 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Association of British Philatelic Societies, 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
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