About Robert Blake Yardley
Lived 1858 – 1943 (aged 84–85). Robert Blake Yardley was an English and British philatelist and barrister.
Robert Blake Yardley (1858–1943) was a British Barrister and philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921. 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.
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British barrister and philatelist (1858-1943)
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Robert Blake Yardley was born in 1858.
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Robert Blake Yardley was a philatelist and barrister.
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