Harry Birkhead (1931-2013) was a South African philatelist who signed the

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in 1982RDPSA
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/ref> and was a Fellow of The Royal Philatelic Society London. He was Honorary Life President of the Philatelic Federation of South Africa. Harry was a specialist in the stamps and

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of the Anglo-Boer War and the Rhodesias. His Rhodesian collection was sold by Christie's Robson Lowe in 1986.

Selected publications

*''The wherewithal of Wolmaransstad'',

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, 1999. (With John Groenewald & Richard Stroud) *''The pseudo-siege of Schweizer-Reneke'', Philatelic Federation of South Africa, 2005. (With John Groenewald) *''The riddle of Rustenburg'', Philatelic Federation of South Africa, 2007. (With John Groenewald) *''The legacy of Lydenburg'', Philatelic Federation of South Africa, 2009. (With John Groenewald)

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20130517102013/http://forum.bidorbuy.co.za/stamp-collecting-philatelic-forum/18380-r-i-p-harry-birkhead.html Fellows of the Royal Philatelic Society London 2013 deaths South African philatelists Philately of South Africa 1931 births {{philatelist-stub