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GILBERT-LODGE, Leicester James 1882-1966. Surveyor. Prospected for gold in Western Australia and later lived in Chile. Specialised in St Vincent and Grenada, for which he gained international awards, and Tilleard Medal, 1952. Joint editor, with AJ Sefi, of the first PCGB Yearbook, 1928. Hon Secretary RPSL 1926-61. RDP 1954.

WILLIAMS, Leon Norman 1914-1999. Law reporter.

Brothers who worked together as philatelic journalists. Edited Stamp Lover and British Philatelist, after death of Fred J Melville, and edited Cinderella Philatelist from 1961 to 1999. Pioneers of Cinderella philately, being authorities on locals, hotel posts, propaganda forgeries, and bogus issues. Wrote 'Cinderella Corner' in Stamp Magazine. They were authors of more than thirty books including 'Fundamentals of Philately', 'The Propaganda Forgeries' [1938], 'Philately - An Outline of the Elements' [1939], 'Famous Stamps' [1940], 'More Famous Stamps' [1942], 'A Melville Bibliography' [1941], 'Stamps for All' [1943], 'Forged Stamps of Two World Wars', 'Stamps Day by Day' [1950], 'Local Postage Stamps' (with Erik Hurt) [1950], 'The Postage Stamp, Its History and Recognition' [1956], 'An Airmail Collectors' Notebook' [1960], 'Hotel Posts of Hungary and Romania' [1962], 'Techniques of Philately' [1969], 'Cinderella Stamps' [1970]. Their philatelic library comprised over 3000 volumes, and when sold was purchased by Stanley Berman. LNW was President of Cinderella Stamp Club. He compiled 'The Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps' Vol.1 1993, Vol.2 1997.

LEE, Ronald Albert George 1912-1990. Formed fine collections of Great Britain (Grand Prix d'Honneur, WIPA, 1965), Cape of Good Hope (Grand Prix International, Hafnia, 1976), Cayman Islands, Chile, Falkland Islands, Gambia, St Helena, St Lucia, and Greece. President National Philatelic Society 1969, RPSL 1975-77, British Philatelic Federation 1981, Great Britain P.S. 1964 and 1978; founder member of latter. Served for many years as Chairman of the National Juries. Chairman of Expert Committee RPSL and President of FIP Commission for Protection against Forgeries. Member of Académie Philatélique Belge and Académie de Philatélie Française. Author of 'Great Britain - The Penny Lilac'. Lichtenstein Award 1979, Lindenberg Medal 1983. RDP 1965.

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