Kenneth Rowe (22 December 1924 – 5 July 2014) was a British philatelist who in 1995 was invited to sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists.[1][2] He was a specialist in the history of forwarding agents, intermediaries who facilitated the routing of international mail before the development of the modern postal system.
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Rowe received the Canada Centennial medal in 1967 and the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee medal in 1977.[3]
Selected publications
edit- The postal history and markings of the forwarding agents. (1st edition 1966, supplement 1974, 2nd ed. 1984, 3rd ed. 1996. ISBN 0-917528-12-3)
- The postal history of the Canadian contingents in the Anglo-Boer War. Vincent G. Greene Philatelic Research Foundation, Canada, 1981.
References
edit- ^ "Newsdesk: Five New Distinguished Philatelists", Gibbons Stamp Monthly, Vol. 68, No. 12, May 1995, p. 5.
- ^ "The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists", The London Philatelist, Vol. 104, No. 1225 (May 1995), pp. 103-104.
- ^ In Memoriam Kenneth Rowe. Association Internationale des Journalistes Philatéliques, 25 September 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
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