Gilbert William Collett (1887 – 24 July 1964) was a British

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and philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1952.
Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011
', Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011
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/ref> He was the founder President of the British West Indies Study Circle.

Publications

*''Jamaica - Its Postal History, Postage Stamps, and Postmarks''. 1928. (With Rev. C.S. Morton, L.C.C. Nicholson, and W.B. Edwards)

References

British philatelists 1887 births 1964 deaths Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Fellows of the Royal Philatelic Society London British botanists {{UK-philatelist-stub