Raymond Salles (13 September 1899 in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

– 25 January 1976) was a philatelist who was a specialist in French maritime mail. He was entered on 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 ...

in 1974. In 1973, Salles was awarded the Crawford Medal by the

Royal Philatelic Society London The Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) is the oldest philatelic society in the world. It was founded on 10 April 1869 as ''The Philatelic Society, London''. The society runs a postal museum, the Spear Museum of Philatelic History, at its he ...

for Volumes I-VIII of his work ''Encyclopaedie de la poste maritime Française historique et catalogue''.''The Society's medals and honorary fellowship''. The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2009, p. 4.

Selected publications

*''Encyclopaedie de la poste maritime Française historique et catalogue''.

References

French philatelists 1899 births 1976 deaths Collectors from Paris Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists {{france-philatelist-stub