W. S. E. Stephen

William Stewart Easton Stephen (17 May 1903 Fraserburgh, Aberdeen, Scotland–16 May 1975 Aberlour, Banffshire, Scotland[1]) was a philatelist who in 1960, with S.D. Tchilinghirian, was awarded the Crawford Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society London for his work Stamps of the Russian Empire used abroad.[2]

The cover of part 6 of Stamps of the Russian Empire used abroad by Tchilinghirian & Stephen.

he was also a co-author of Austrian post offices abroad which, like the work Russia, was also issued in parts.

Selected publications

Austrian post offices abroad. Austrian Stamp Club of Great Britain. (With S. D. Tchilinghirian) (Seven volumes. Volume 8 by Keith Tranmer)
Stamps of the Russian Empire used abroad. Aberlour, Banffshire: The British Society of Russian Philately. (Multiple volumes)

References

Scotlands People
The Society's medals and honorary fellowship. The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2009, p. 3.

External links

Tchilinghirian & Stephen Revisited by Maxime Citerne, Classical Russian Philately, 19 July 2012. by Maxime Citerne, Classical Russian Philately, 19 July 2012. Archived here.

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