Edward Loines Pemberton

Edward Loines Pemberton (10 December 1844 – 12 December 1878) He was born in New York City but educated in Britain by relatives when his parents died shortly after his birth. In 1871 Pemberton formed the stamp company James R. Grant and Co. After his death his business was taken over by A.H. Wilson, and continued under the name of Pemberton, Wilson & Co.

Publications Forged stamps: how to detect them, containing accurate descriptions of all forged stamps. Edinburgh: 1863. (With Thornton Lewes) Catalogue of the Very Fine and Very Complete Collection of Postage Stamps Selected with Great Care by E.L. Pemberton, Esq. Of Birmingham. Hartlepool: James J. Woods, 1867. The Spud Papers. In various journals 1871-1881. The Philatelical Catalogue: Being a Complete Catalogue of Postage Stamps, and Postal Envelopes and Cards with Voluminous Notes on Reprints, Forgeries, and Every Subject of Interest (containing upwards of 1100 heliotype illustrations). Dawlish: 1874. The Stamp Collectors' Handbook. Southampton, 1874. (2nd edition 1878)