Crawford Medal

The Crawford Medal is a silver gilt medal awarded by The Royal Philatelic Society London for the most valuable and original contribution to the study and knowledge of philately published in book form during the relevant period.

The medal is named after James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, who by the time of his death in 1913 had amassed the greatest philatelic library of his time.

List of Winners

• 1920 Hugo Griebert The Stamps of Spain 1850-1854
• 1921 Sir Edward D Bacon KCVO The Line Engraved Postage Stamps of Great Britain
• 1922 Charles Nissen and Bertram McGowan The Plating of the Penny Black Postage Stamp of Great Britain, 1840
• 1923 Charles Lathrop Pack Victoria: The half-Length Portraits and the Twopence Queen Enthroned
• 1924 Lieut. Colonel GSF Napier The Stamps of the First Issue of Brazil
• 1925 Justus Anderssen and H Dethloff Norges Frimerker 1855-1924
• 1927 FJ Peplow The Postage Stamps of Buenos Aires
• 1928 CF Dendy Marshall The British Post Office from its Beginning to the End of 1925
• 1929 AM Tracey Woodward The Postage Stamps of Japan and Dependencies
• 1930 Dr Carroll Chase The 3c Stamp of the United States 1851-57 Issue
• 1931 Gilbert J Allis Cape of Good Hope: Its Postal History and Postage Stamps
• 1932 EA Smythies and Captain DR Martin The Four Annas Lithographed Stamps of India, 1854-55
• 1933 EJ Lee The Postage Stamps of Uruguay
• 1934 Dr Emilio Diena I Francbolli del Regno di Napoli
• 1935 Carl Schmidt Die Postwertzeichen der Russischen Landschaftsaemter
• 1936 Dr Herbert Munk Kohl-Briefmarken-Handbuch
• 1937 Stanley B Ashbrook The United States Ten Cent Stamp of 1851-57
• 1938 Max G Johl United States Stamps of the 20th Century, Vol IV
• 1939 Dr H Osborne Great Britain, Twopence Plate Nine. A Study of the Plate and its Repairs
• 1940 JH Curle and AE Basden Transvaal Postage Stamps
• 1944 AA Jurgens The Handstruck Letter Stamps of the Cape of Good Hope from 1792 to 1853 and the Postmarks from 1853 to 1910
• 1945 Prescott H Thorp The Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers of the United States and Possessions
• 1947 Winthrop S Boggs The Postage Stamps and Postal history of Canada
• 1948 A Tort Nicolau Guia del Coleccionista de Sellos de Correos de España 1855-69
• 1949 Dr FE Wood Straits Settlements Postage Stamps
• 1950 LE Dawson The One Anna and Two Annas Postage Stamps of India 1854-55
• 1951 D Alan Stevenson The Triangular Stamps of Cape of Good Hope
• 1952 J Schmidt-Andersen The Postage Stamps of Denmark 1851-1951
• 1953 Sir John Wilson Bart CVO ''The Royal Philatelic Collection''
• 1954 JRW Purves The Half Lengths of Victoria
• 1956 The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Vol III
• 1958 John Easton The De La Rue History of British and Foreign Postage Stamps 1855-1901
• 1959 R Forrester-Wood The Stamps and Postal History of Sarawak
• 1960 SD Tchlinghirian and WSE Stephen Stamps of the Russian Empire Used Abroad (Published in Six Parts)
• 1961 Dr Mohamed Dadkhah The Lion Stamps of Persia
• 1962 Nicholas Argenti The Postage Stamps of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
• 1963 Dr WRD Wiggins The Postage Stamps of Great Britain Part II
• 1964 Dr Joseph Schatzkés The Cancellations of Mexico 1856-74
• 1965 Joaquín Galvez Naranjo Los Primeros Sellos de Chile 1853 a 1867
• 1966 Dr S Ichida The Cherry Blossom Issues of Japan 1872-1876
• 1967 The Federation of Hungarian Philatelic Societies A Magyar Belyagek Monografiaja Vols I, II and V
• 1969 International Society of Guatemala Collectors Guatemala Volume I Postal History and Stamps to Mid 1902
• 1972 George E Hargest History of Letter Post Communication between the United States and Europe, 1845-1875
• 1973 Raymond Salles Encyclopaedie de la Poste Maritime Française Historique et Catalogue (Vols I-VIII)
• 1974 Robson Lowe Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps (Volume V)
• 1975 GC van Balen Blanken and Bert Buurman The Netherlands - Plating of the 1852 5 cent and 10 cent Values
• 1976 Archibald GM Batten The Orange Free State - its Postal Offices and their Markings 1868-1910
• 1978 A Ronald Butler The Departmental Stamps of South Australia
• 1979 Örjan Lüning Luftpostens Historia Norden (The History of Airmail in Scandinavia)
• 1980 Harold W Fisher The Plating of the Penny (Volumes I-IV)
• 1981 Marcus Samuel and Dr Alan K Huggins Specimen Stamps and Stationery of Great Britain
• 1982 Sigurd Ringström and Henry E Tester The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World (Parts I and II)
• 1983 Dr Anton Jerger Handbooks on Austrian Lombardy-Venetia
• 1984 Armando Mario O Vieira Selos Classicos de Relevo de Portugal
• 1985 Paolo Vollmeier Storia Postale del Regno di Sardegna dalle Origini all'Introduzione del Francobollo
• 1986 Professor Carl-Richard Brühl Geschichte der Philatelie (Volumes I and II)
• 1988 Gary S Ryan The Cancellations of Hungarian Post Offices on the First Issue of Hungary 1867-1871
• 1989 Adolph Koeppel and Raymond D Manners The Court Fee and Revenue Stamps of the Princely States of India (Volumes I and II)
• 1990 Dott Niño Aquila I Francobolli Degli Ultimi Re
• 1991 Peter M Ibbotson The Postal History and Stamps of Mauritius
• 1992 J Michael and P Jane Moubray British Letter Mail to Overseas Destinations 1840-1875
• 1993 Jack F Ince and S John Sacher The Postal Services of the British Nigeria Region
• 1994 James van der Linden Catalogue des Marques de Passage
• 1995 HE Walker and JH Coles Postal Cancellations of the Ottoman Empire (Parts 1-4)
• 1996 Paolo Vollmeier and Vittorio Mancini Storia Postale del Regno di Napoli dalle Origini all'Introdzione del Francobollo
• 1997 Peter E Fernbank King George V Key Plates of the Imperium Postage and Revenue Design
• 1998 Hugh V Feldman Letter Receivers of London 1652-1857
• 1999 Professor Peter AS Smith Egypt - Stamps and Postal History - A Philatelic Treatise
• 2000 G Clive Akerman and Gavin H Fryer The Reform of the Post Office in the Victorian Era and Its Impact on Economic and Social Activity
• 2001 Dr Ulrich Ferchenbauer Österreich 1850-1918

External Links

The Royal Philatelic Society London

See Also

James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
John Wilson (philatelist)