Robert Blake Yardley (1858–1943)
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/ref> He was a member of the Yardley soap manufacturing family. Yardley's worldwide collection was auctioned by H.R. Harmer over sixteen days in 1944–45.

Publications

*''The Dies of the Postage Stamps of Portugal of the Reigns of Dona Maria II and Dom Pedro V''. 1907. *''The Samoa Express Postage Stamps''. 1916.

References

British philatelists 1858 births 1943 deaths Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists British barristers Presidents of the Royal Philatelic Society London {{England-bio-stub