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DIBDEN, William George Stitt 1916-1966. Had collection of Great Britain postal history from 1400 to date, in 200 albums. Awarded Melville Cup for best philatelic research article, 1955. Founder and Secretary Wembley P.S., Vice-President Postal History Society, 1964. His writings included 'The Newspaper Branch Killers' [1951]; 'Wembley and the Posts' [1954]; 'London Date Stamp Code' [1958]; 'The Hey Dolphin Machines of Great Britain' (with JWA Lowder) [1959]; 'The Post Office 1635-1720' [1960]; 'Stamford Postal History' (with L Tebbutt) [1961]; 'A Priced Catalogue of British Exhibitions' [1962]; 'The Additional Halfpenny Tax 1813-39' [1963]; 'Postage Rates of H. M. Forces 1795-1899' [1963]; 'Squared Circle Postmarks' [1964]; and '400 Years of Anglo-Dutch Mail' [1965]. Author of some 300 articles on British postal history.