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Winthrop Smillie Boggs

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Nationality
  
USA

Name
  
Winthrop Boggs

Died
  
May 30, 1974


Born
  
December 20, 1902 (
1902-12-20
)

Significant projects
  
Authored various books of philatelic literature, especially on stamps of Canada and Newfoundland

Institution memberships
  
Collectors Club of New York

Books
  
The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada: A Handbook for Philatelists

Significant awards
  
Luff Award, Crawford Medal, Lichtenstein Medal

Winthrop Smillie Boggs (December 20, 1902 – May 30, 1974) was a philatelist renowned for his expertise and philatelic writing.

Contents

Philatelic accomplishments

Boggs wrote a number of the definitive books in philately:

  • The Foundations of Philately (1955)
  • Ten Decades Ago: 1840-1850, a Study of the Work of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch and Edson of New York City (1949)
  • The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Newfoundland (1942)
  • The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada (1945)

    • Philatelic leadership

    Boggs was a member of the Collectors Club of New York and served the club in a number of capacities. He was the first executive director at the Philatelic Foundation during the period 1945-1961.

    Honors

  • The Crawford Medal (1947)
  • Luff Award for Distinguished Philatelic Research (1952)
  • The Lichtenstein Medal (1958)
  • Signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists (1959)
  • Elected to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame (1974)

    • References

    Winthrop Smillie Boggs Wikipedia
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