L. E. Dawson
Indian philatelist
About L. E. Dawson
Lived 1887 – 1976 (aged 88–89). L. E. Dawson was a philatelist.
Lionel Edward Dawson (1887 –1976 ) was a philatelist who won the Crawford Medal from the Royal Philatelic Society London for the paper The One Anna and Two Annas Postage Stamps of India, 1854-55. He was an expert on the stamps of India and the Feudatory States and signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1961. and in 1955 he won the Tilleard Medal from the society for his display of Indian Feudatory States.
A photograph of L.E. Dawson in a tweed jacket appears on page 2 in the catalog of his collection sold by Robson Lowe on 9 November 1966.
Publications The Postage Stamps of Jammu & Kashmir Simplified. Lahore: Philatelic Society of India, 1937. (With E.A. Smythies) The One Anna & Two Annas Postage Stamps of India, 1854-55. Birmingham: H. Garratt-Adams & Co. for the Philatelic Society of India, 1948. The Postage Stamps of Nepal. New York: The Collectors Club, 1952. (with E.A. Smythies and H.D.S. Haverbeck)
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Who was L. E. Dawson?
Indian philatelist
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L. E. Dawson was born in 1887.
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L. E. Dawson died in 1976.
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L. E. Dawson was a philatelist.
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