Douglas Muir

Douglas N. Muir is the Curator of Philately at the British Postal Museum & Archive and a signatory to the Book of Scottish Philatelists.

Muir was born in Balfron, Scotland, and subsequently attended Glasgow University where he studied geography and archaeology. His first job was as a language teacher in Pforzheim in Germany.

He worked as a philatelic journalist on Stamp Collecting, the Philatelic Magazine and then as Editor of the British Philatelic Bulletin. He was also the founder of the Postal Mechanisation Study Circle.

Publications

• An Introduction to British Postal Mechanisation, Postal Mechanisation Study Circle, 1979. (With Martin Robertson)
• Postal Reform and the Penny Black: A New Appreciation, National Postal Museum, London, 1990. ISBN 095159480X
• The Story of Definitive Stamps, Royal Mail, London, 1994. ISBN 0946165041 (With Richard West)
• 'A Timeless Classic: The Evolution of Machin's Icon', The British Postal Museum & Archive, 2007 ISBN 978-0-9553569-1-9
• George V and the GPO: Stamps, Conflict & Creativity, The British Postal Museum & Archive, 2010. ISBN 095535692X

External links

• http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/queen-s-head-stamp-design/features/douglas-muir-curator-of-philately
• http://www.gbstamps.com/gbcc/gbcc_muir_intvw1.html

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