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Crawford Award The IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award (short: Crawford Award) is a literary award given to a writer whose first fantasy book was published during the preceding calendar year. It's one of several awards presented by the International Associat ...

for fantasy novels. :::''See also''

Max Crawford Medal The Max Crawford Medal is awarded every other year by the Australian Academy of the Humanities in recognition of "outstanding achievement in the humanities by young Australian scholars currently engaged in research, and whose publications contrib ...

Australian academic award. 41 Devonshire Place

The Crawford Medal is a vermeil medal awarded by the

Royal Philatelic Society London The Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) is the oldest philately, philatelic society in the world. It was founded on 10 April 1869 as ''The Philatelic Society, London''. The society runs a postal museum, the Spear Museum of Philatelic History ...

for the most valuable and original contribution to the study and knowledge of

philately Philately (; ) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. While closely associated with stamp collecting and the study of postage, it is possibl ...

published in book form during the relevant period. The medal is named after

James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres, KT, FRS, FRAS (28 July 184731 January 1913) was a Scottish astronomer, politician, ornithologist, bibliophile and philatelist. A member of the Royal Society, Crawford w ...

, who by the time of his death in 1913 had amassed the greatest

philatelic Philately (; ) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. While closely associated with stamp collecting and the study of postage, it is possibl ...

library of his time.

Other society medals

The society also awards these silver medals: *The Tilleard Medal for the best large display of any aspect of philately given by one, or not more than two, Fellows or Members during the relevant period. *The Lee Medal for the best paper dealing with any aspect of philately given by one Fellow or Member during the relevant period. *The Tapling Medal for the best paper written by a Fellow or Member and published in ''The London Philatelist'' during the relevant period.

List of winners of the Crawford Medal

References and sources

;References {{reflist ;Sources *''The Society's medals and honorary fellowship''. London: The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2009.

External links

The Royal Philatelic Society London
Philatelic awards Awards established in 1920 Royal Philatelic Society London