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The London International Stamp Exhibition 1950 was held in the Great Room, Grosvenor House, Park Lane from 6–13 May 1950, under the chairmanship of
The London International Stamp Exhibition 1950 was held in the Great Room, Grosvenor House, Park Lane from 6–13 May 1950, under the chairmanship of Sir John Wilson
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Sir John Foster Wilson CBE (20 January 1919 – 25 November 1999) was a British public health advocate, best known for working to prevent blindness in developing countries in Africa and South and South East Asia.
Early life and bac ...
, Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection
The Royal Philatelic Collection is the postage stamp collection of the British royal family. It is the most comprehensive collection of items related to the philately of the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth, with many unique pieces. ...
. A non-postal souvenir sheet was produced by Waterlow and Sons
Waterlow and Sons Limited was a major worldwide engraver of currency, postage stamps, stocks and bond certificates based in London, Watford and Dunstable in England. The company was founded as a family business in 1810. It was acquired in 1961 ...
for the event using the collotype
Collotype is a gelatin-based photographic printing process invented by Alphonse Poitevin in 1855 to print images in a wide variety of tones without the need for halftone screens. The majority of collotypes were produced between the 1870s and 1 ...
process. It depicted the Penny Black; Nova Scotia 1851 1/-; New South Wales 1850 1d Sydney View; Ceylon 1859 4d; Cape of Good Hope 1853 4d triangular. A souvenir cover showing St. George and the dragon was also available''Philatelic Bulletin'', Vol. 17, No. 9 (May 1980).
Palmares
The principal awards went to the following exhibits:"The Greatest Exhibition" by Stanley Phillips in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, July 1950, p. 123. The Grand Prix went to Herbert C. Adams (U.K.) for ‘Great Britain’. Gold Awards of Honour went to: Harry Osborne for ‘Great Britain’;Gerald Wellburn
Gerald E. Wellburn (1900 – 25 May 1992) was a Canadian philatelist who was added to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1951. Wellburn was a specialist in the stamps of British Columbia and Vancouver Island."Roll of Distinguished Philatelis ...
for ‘Canada, British Columbia, etc.’;
H. W. Hurlock for ‘Trinidad’;
L. E. Dawson for ‘India and States’;
Dr. F. E. Wood for ‘Straits Settlements and States’;
M. Scheerlinck for ‘Belgium’;
Eduardo Cohen
Eduardo Cohen (1890 – 1963)Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011', Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. was a Portuguese philatelist who was added to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
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for ‘Romania’;
Dr. H. Leeman for ‘Switzerland’;
D. C. Gray for ‘Netherlands’;
R. Hoffman for ‘Uruguay’;
C. F. Meroni for ‘Development of World Mails’;
R. Abecassis for ‘Portuguese India’.
See also
*List of philatelic exhibitions (by country)
This article lists international philatelic exhibitions (unless otherwise stated).
(FIP) = Fédération Internationale de Philatélie patronage or recognition
Africa
Algeria
* Exposition Philatelique Internationale de L'Afrique du Nord, Alge ...
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