Colonel Denys Richard Martin (11 October 1892Bateman, Robert. ''Stamp collectors' who's who''. London:

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, 1960, p. 59. – 1970Who Was Who in British Philately
,

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. As a systematic scholar and prolific writer, Martin illuminated some of the most difficult topics and set a high standard for the study of the

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and Burma.

Life

As a regular British Army officer of the

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, Martin arrived in India during the First World War and travelled throughout the subcontinent during the next twenty years.

Philately

Martin's collection included postal history material from the Persian Field Force, the Abyssinian campaigns and the Treaty Ports, which are now in the Government of India's collection. He was a member of the

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Awards

* Fellow of the

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(FRPSL). *

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for ''The Four Annas Lithographed Stamps of India, 1854-55,'' 1932. * Signed the

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in 1939.

Publications

* ''Half Anna Lithographed Stamps of India''. 1928. (With E.A. Smythies) * ''The Four Annas Lithographed Stamps of India, 1854-55.'' London:

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, 1930. (With E.A. Smythies) * Five appendices in L. E. Dawson, ''The One Anna and Two Annas Postage Stamps of India, 1854-55.'' Philatelic Society of India, H. Garratt-Adams & Co. and Stanley Gibbons, Ltd., London (1948): Die I, A Stone, No. 7 - p. 66; Die I, B Stone, Nos. 2, 28 and 64 - p. 67; India, 1854. Pin Perforated - p. 73; One Anna, 1854, Numbers Printed - p. 75; and The Two Annas, 1854, Some Problems - p. 81.. * ''Pakistan Overprints on Indian Stamps, 1948-49,'' London:

Robson Lowe John Harry Robson Lowe (7 January 1905, London – 19 August 1997, Bournemouth) was an English professional philatelist, stamp dealer and stamp auctioneer. Life and career Robson Lowe is regarded by philatelists as the father of postal his ...

, 1959. * ''The Second Afghan War''. 1961. * ''The Bombay-Karachi Sea Post Office''. 1963. (With G.C. Danby) * ''Indian Travelling Post Offices 1864-1891.'' London: Robson Lowe, 1969. First printed in ''The Philatelist.'' * ''Numbers in Early Indian Cancellations,'' London: Robson Lowe, 1970. * ''Burma Postal History, Including the 1987 Supplement.'' London: Robson Lowe, 1971. (With Gerald Davis.) * ''Overseas Letter Postage from India 1854-1876''. 1975. (editor with Neil Blair)

References

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