Sir Charles Stewart-Wilson (1864 – 20 July 1950) was

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and an official in the

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who rose to become the Indian ''Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs''. He was a prominent

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and one of the instigators, and the first President, of the Philatelic Society of India."The Philatelic Society of India" in ''

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by Who Was Who in British Philately

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in 1921. Stewart-Wilson was also a Council Member of the

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from 1915 to 1939.

Publications

*''British Indian Adhesive Stamps Surcharged for Native States. Part I''. Calcutta: Philatelic Society of India, 1897. *''British Indian Adhesive Stamps Surcharged for Native States. Part II''. Calcutta: Philatelic Society of India, 1899. *''British Indian Adhesive Stamps surcharged for Native States''. Calcutta: Philatelic Society of India, 1904. (Revised edition) (With B.G. Jones) *''The Postage and Telegraph Stamps of British India''. London:

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for the Philatelic Society of India, 1907. (With C.S.F. Crofton and

Leslie L. R. Hausburg Leslie Leopold Rudolph Hausburg (May 1872 – 3 July 1917)"In Memorium." in ''The London Philatelist'', Vol. XXVI, No. 307, July 1917, pp. 155-158. was a British philatelist who was one of the "Fathers of Philately". His name was entered on ...

References

1864 births 1950 deaths British philatelists Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire British barristers Philately of India Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists British civil servants in British India {{UK-philatelist-stub