Dr. Steve E.R. Hiscocks (died 4 October 2010) was an expert on telephone and

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s who in 1982 wrote the first catalogue on the subject since

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's work of 1900. He also wrote the first ever catalogue of telephone cards (1988) and the first catalogue of telegraph seals (2007). Outside collecting, Hiscocks was a civil servant in the Department of Energy of the British Government."Calling collect – Collecting" by Robin Young in ''

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'', 15 February 1992.

Publications

* ''Telegraph & Telephone Stamps of the World: A priced and annotated catalogue'', Woking, 1982. * ''The Collector's Book of Telephone Cards'', Woking, 1988. * ''The Collector's Book of Telephone Cards'', 2nd revised edition,

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, London, 1990. * ''Collect British and Irish Telephone Cards'', Stanley Gibbons, London, 1991. * ''Telephone Cards of the World: Great Britain and Ireland Pt. 1'', 1993. * ''Telephone Cards of the World: North America, Caribbean and Atlantic Pt. 2'', World Telephone Card Publications, 1994. * ''H & G Standard Catalogue of USA Telephone Cards: Including Canada: 1995–1996'', 2nd edition, Telecard Publications Inc., 1995. (With C.M. Garibaldi) * ''Telephone Cards: A Collector's Handbook'', Woking, 1996. * ''Telegraph Seals: A World Catalogue'', Woking, 2007.

References

External links

"Collecting Telegraph Material" by Steve Hiscocks & Andrew Higson in ''Gibbons Stamp Monthly''.
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