- Crawford Medal
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- See also Crawford Award for fantasy novels.
- See also Max Crawford Medal Australian academic award.
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The Crawford Medal is a vermeil medal awarded by the Royal Philatelic Society London for the most valuable and original contribution to the study and knowledge of philately published in book form during the relevant period.[1]
The medal is named after James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, who by the time of his death in 1913 had amassed the greatest philatelic library of his time.[2]
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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
Year Author Title 1920 Hugo Griebert The Stamps of Spain 1850-1854 1921 Sir Edward Denny Bacon KCVO The Line Engraved Postage Stamps of Great Britain 1922 Charles Nissen and Bertram McGowan The Plating of the Penny Black Postage Stamp of Great Britain, 1840 1923 Charles Lathrop Pack Victoria: The half-Length Portraits and the Twopence Queen Enthroned 1924 Lieut. Colonel GSF Napier The Stamps of the First Issue of Brazil 1925 Justus Anderssen and H. Dethloff Norges Frimerker 1855-1924 1927 F. J. Peplow The Postage Stamps of Buenos Aires 1928 C. F. Dendy Marshall The British Post Office from its Beginning to the End of 1925 1929 A. M. Tracey Woodward The Postage Stamps of Japan and Dependencies 1930 Dr. Carroll Chase The 3¢ Stamp of the United States 1851-57 Issue 1931 Gilbert J. Allis Cape of Good Hope: Its Postal History and Postage Stamps 1932 E. A. Smythies and Captain D. R. Martin The Four Annas Lithographed Stamps of India, 1854-55 1933 E. J. Lee The Postage Stamps of Uruguay 1934 Dr. Emilio Diena I Francbolli del Regno di Napoli 1935 Carl Schmidt Die Postwertzeichen der Russischen Landschaftsaemter 1936 Dr. Herbert Munk Kohl Briefmarken-Handbuch 1937 Stanley Bryan Ashbrook The United States Ten Cent Stamp of 1851-57 1938 Max G. Johl United States Stamps of the 20th Century, Vol. IV 1939 Dr H. Osborne Great Britain, Twopence Plate Nine. A Study of the Plate and its Repairs 1940 J. H. Curle and A. E. Basden Transvaal Postage Stamps 1944 A. A. Jurgens The Handstruck Letter Stamps of the Cape of Good Hope from 1792 to 1853 and the Postmarks from 1853 to 1910 1945 Prescott Holden Thorp The Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers of the United States and Possessions 1947 Winthrop Smillie Boggs The Postage Stamps and Postal history of Canada 1948 A. Tort Nicolau Guia del Coleccionista de Sellos de Correos de España 1855-69 1949 Dr. F. E. Wood Straits Settlements Postage Stamps 1950 L.E. Dawson The One Anna and Two Annas Postage Stamps of India 1854-55 1951 D. Alan Stevenson The Triangular Stamps of Cape of Good Hope 1952 J. Schmidt-Andersen The Postage Stamps of Denmark 1851-1951 1953 Sir John Wilson Bart CVO The Royal Philatelic Collection 1954 J. R. W. Purves The Half Lengths of Victoria 1956 The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Vol III 1958 John Easton The De La Rue History of British and Foreign Postage Stamps 1855-1901 1959 R. Forrester-Wood The Stamps and Postal History of Sarawak 1960 S. D. Tchlinghirian and W. S. E. Stephen Stamps of the Russian Empire Used Abroad (Published in Six Parts) 1961 Dr. Mohamed Dadkhah The Lion Stamps of Persia 1962 Nicholas Argenti The Postage Stamps of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia 1963 Dr. W. R. D. Wiggins The Postage Stamps of Great Britain Part II 1964 Dr. Joseph Schatzkés The Cancellations of Mexico 1856-74 1965 Joaquín Galvez Naranjo Los Primeros Sellos de Chile 1853 a 1867 1966 Dr. S. Ichida The Cherry Blossom Issues of Japan 1872-1876 1967 The Federation of Hungarian Philatelic Societies A Magyar Belyagek Monografiaja Vols I, II and V 1969 International Society of Guatemala Collectors Guatemala Volume I Postal History and Stamps to Mid 1902 1972 George E. Hargest History of Letter Post Communication between the United States and Europe, 1845-1875 1973 Raymond Salles Encyclopaedie de la Poste Maritime Française Historique et Catalogue (Vols I-VIII) 1974 Robson Lowe Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps (Volume V) 1975 G. C. van Balen Blanken and Bert Buurman The Netherlands - Plating of the 1852 5 cent and 10 cent Values 1976 Archibald G. M. Batten The Orange Free State - its Postal Offices and their Markings 1868-1910 1978 A. Ronald Butler The Departmental Stamps of South Australia 1979 Örjan Lüning Luftpostens Historia Norden (The History of Airmail in Scandinavia) 1980 Harold W. Fisher The Plating of the Penny (Volumes I-IV) 1981 Marcus Samuel and Dr. Alan K Huggins Specimen Stamps and Stationery of Great Britain 1982 Sigurd Ringström and Henry E. Tester The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World (Parts I and II) 1983 Dr. Anton Jerger Handbooks on Austrian Lombardy-Venetia 1984 Armando Mario O Vieira Selos Classicos de Relevo de Portugal 1985 Paolo Vollmeier Storia Postale del Regno di Sardegna dalle Origini all'Introduzione del Francobollo 1986 Professor Carl-Richard Brühl Geschichte der Philatelie (Volumes I and II) 1988 Gary S. Ryan The Cancellations of Hungarian Post Offices on the First Issue of Hungary 1867-1871 1989 Adolph Koeppel and Raymond D. Manners The Court Fee and Revenue Stamps of the Princely States of India (Volumes I and II) 1990 Dott Niño Aquila I Francobolli Degli Ultimi Re 1991 Peter M. Ibbotson The Postal History and Stamps of Mauritius 1992 J. Michael and P. Jane Moubray British Letter Mail to Overseas Destinations 1840-1875 1993 Jack F. Ince and S. John Sacher The Postal Services of the British Nigeria Region 1994 James van der Linden Catalogue des Marques de Passage 1995 H. E. Walker and J. H. Coles Postal Cancellations of the Ottoman Empire (Parts 1-4) 1996 Paolo Vollmeier and Vittorio Mancini Storia Postale del Regno di Napoli dalle Origini all'Introdzione del Francobollo 1997 Peter E. Fernbank King George V Key Plates of the Imperium Postage and Revenue Design 1998 Hugh V. Feldman Letter Receivers of London 1652-1857 1999 Professor Peter A. S. Smith Egypt - Stamps and Postal History - A Philatelic Treatise 2000 G. Clive Akerman and Gavin H. Fryer The Reform of the Post Office in the Victorian Era and Its Impact on Economic and Social Activity 2001 Dr. Ulrich Ferchenbauer Österreich 1850-1918 2002 ? ?? 2003 F. Heimbuchler Rumanien/Romania: Furstentum Walachei 1820-1862, Vereinige Füstentümer 1862-1872 (Principality of Wallachia 1820-1862, United Principalities 1862-1872 (Completing the work started with the author’s Romania: The Bull’s Heads of Moldavia, 1852-1862)
2004 Claude Delbeke Nederlandse Scheepspost, II, Nederland en det Westen 1600-1900 (Completing the work started with the author's Nederlandse Scheepspost, I, Nederland - Oost-Indie 1600-1900) 2005 Captain R P Odenweller The Stamps and Postal History of Nineteenth Century Samoa 2006 Bryan Kearsley Discovering Seahorses – King George V High Values 2008 David A. Stotter The British Post Office Service in Morocco 1907-57, Published 2007 2009 Eric Yendall King George VI Large Key Type Revenue and Postage High Value Stamps 1927-1953, Published 2008 2010 Michèle Chauvet Introduction à l'histoire postale (de France) See also
References
- ^ "About the RPSL". Royal Philatelic Society London. http://www.rpsl.org.uk/about.html. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
- ^ "APS Hall of Fame: 1941". American Philatelic Society. 1999. http://www.stamps.org/almanac/alm_HallofFame_1941.htm#Lindsay. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
External links
Categories:- Philatelic awards
- Awards established in 1920
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