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Percy Gray Doane (1877–1945) was a philatelic dealer from
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.Birch, Brian. (2013)
Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers
'. 13th edition. Standish, Wigan: Brian Birch, p. 773. He was born in
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on January 13, 1878 and died there on March 28, 1945.


Philatelic activity

Percy Doane established his philatelic dealership and auction house in New York City in 1897 and was highly respected within the philatelic community for his integrity. Doane conducted a total of 348 auctions of postage stamps and related postal history material during his career. He assisted several notorious stamp collectors, including Col. E. H. R. Green, Judge Robert Emerson, Clarence Eagle and Benno Loewy, to build up or sell their collections or portions of their collections.


Awards

Percy Doane was named to the
American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame The American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame award honors deceased philatelists who have contributed significantly to the field of national and/or international philately. History The APS ''Hall of Fame'' award was founded at the 1940 American P ...
in 1946.


See also

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Philately 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 poss ...
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Philatelic literature Philatelic literature is written material relating to philately, primarily information about postage stamps and postal history. Background to philatelic literature Philatelic literature is held by stamp collectors and dealers, philatelic soci ...


References

1877 births 1945 deaths American philatelists American stamp dealers Businesspeople from New York City Philatelic auctioneers American auctioneers American Philatelic Society {{US-philatelist-stub