Albert Leonard "Mick" Michael (January 1912 – 7 November 1987
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who was added to the

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in 1978. Michael's first employment in the stamp trade was with H.E. Wingfield, a firm which he eventually owned. In 1962 Wingfield joined with

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and Michael became joint managing director of that firm and chairman six years later. He retired in 1987."Obituary Albert Leonard Michael", Stan Zimmerman, ''

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'', January 1988, p. 11.

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