British Line Engraved Stamps, Twopence Blue - Studies of Plates 1 to 15 by Harry Osborne

Harry Osborne MD, MRCS, DPH, (28 November 1875Bateman, Robert. ''Stamp Collectors' Who's Who''. London:

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., 1960, p.66. – 21 June 1959) was a British

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and

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who wrote several important works on classic British stamps and signed the

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in 1954.Who Was Who in Philately.

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from the Royal Philatelic Society, London for his work on the Great Britain Twopence stamp, Plate 9. He won a Gold Award of Honour for his stamps of Great Britain at the

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and was also a student of the stamps of Ceylon and New South Wales.

Publications

*''The Ray Flaws of Plates 1 and 2 of the Penny Black'', 1935. *''Great Britain Twopence Plate Nine - A Study of the Plate and its Repairs'', Chas. Nissen & Co., London, 1939. *''British Line Engraved Stamps, Twopence Blue - Studies of Plates 1 to 15'', H.F. Johnson, London 1948. *''British Line Engraved Stamps - Repaired Impressions'', H.F. Johnson, London, 1949.

References

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