Rowland Hill

Rowland Hill

male, deceased (1879)
Sir Rowland Hill KCB, FRS (December 3, 1795 - August 27, 1879) was a British teacher and social reformer. He campaigned for a comprehensive reform...

Robson Lowe

male, deceased (1997)
John Harry Robson Lowe, Robbie to his friends, was a professional philatelist, stamp dealer and stamp auctioneer. He is regarded by philatelists as...
William Dockwra

William Dockwra

male, deceased (1716)
William Dockwra was an English entrepreneur who created the first penny post. He was born in the City of London, the son of an armourer, and was...
Jean de Sperati

Jean de Sperati

male, deceased (1957)
Jean de Sperati (1884-1957) was a French forger who had to expose his own stamp forgeries. In 1942, when Sperati sent a package of supposedly...
Heinrich von Stephan

Heinrich von Stephan

male, deceased (1897)
Heinrich von Stephan (January 7, 1831 - April 8, 1897) was a general post director for the German Empire who reorganized the German postal service....

Gerald Davis

male, deceased (2005)
Gerald Davis (October 10, 1916 - June 16, 2005): architect, graphic designer, postal historian and philatelist. His 1971 "Burma Postal History" is...
Henry Archer

Henry Archer

male, deceased (1863)
Henry Archer was the son of an Irish landowner and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was called to the Irish Bar and spent most of his...
Henry Ellis Harris

Henry Ellis Harris

male, deceased (1977)
Henry Ellis (H.E.) Harris was a leading philatelist and stamp dealer. Through his company, H.E. Harris & Co., Harris popularized philately for many...

L. T. Rose-Hutchinson

male, deceased (1948)
L. T. Rose-Hutchinson (d. 1948) was a philatelist and postal historian. Rose-Hutchinson collected postage stamps for most of his life, joining the...
William Leader Maberly

William Leader Maberly

male, deceased (1885)
William Leader Maberly (1798-1885) spent most of his life as a British army officer and politician. In 1836, Maberly was appointed as joint...