Raife William Wellsted (21 July 1929 – 9 August 2012)Birch, Brian. (2013)
Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers
'. 13th edition. Standish, Wigan: Brian Birch, p. 2530. was a British

philatelist Philately (; ) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. Philately involves more than just stamp collecting or the study of postage; it is pos ...

who was added to the

Roll of Distinguished Philatelists The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists (RDP) is a philatelic award of international scale, created by the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain in 1921. The Roll consists of five pieces of parchment to which the signatories add their names. Sel ...

in 1985. Wellsted was appointed the third curator of the British National Postal Museum in 1980. He was suspended in December 1985 after stamps from the collection were found to be missing. He was arrested in May 1986"Stamp chief arrested." ''The Times'', 9 May 1986, p. 5. and jailed in 1987. Wellsted was president of the Postal History Society in 1965 and 1981.

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