Kenneth Rowe (22 December 1924 – 5 July 2014) was a British
philatelist
Philately (; ) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. Philately involves more than just stamp collecting or the study of postage; it is possi ...
who in 1995 was invited to sign the
Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists (RDP) is a Philately, philatelic award of international scale, created by the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain in 1921. The Roll consists of five pieces of parchment to which the signatories add their n ...
. He was a specialist in the history of
forwarding agents, intermediaries who facilitated the routing of international mail before the development of the modern postal system.
Rowe received the
Canada Centennial medal in 1967 and the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee medal in 1977.
In Memoriam Kenneth Rowe.
Association Internationale des Journalistes Philatéliques, 25 September 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
Selected publications
* ''The postal history and markings of the forwarding agents''. (1st edition 1966, supplement 1974, 2nd ed. 1984, 3rd ed. 1996. )
*''The postal history of the Canadian contingents in the Anglo-Boer War''. Vincent G. Greene Philatelic Research Foundation, Canada, 1981.
References
External links
*http://pbbooks.com/webfai.htm
Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
1924 births
2014 deaths
British philatelists
People from Nantwich
Royal Engineers soldiers
British Army personnel of World War II
British emigrants to Canada
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