Easton, John

EASTON, John 1895-1967. Master printer. Had mint reference collection of British Commonwealth and Empire. Wrote 'British Postage Stamp Design' [1943], 'The De La Rue History of British and Foreign Postage Stamps 1855-1901' [1958], for which he received the Crawford Medal, and 'Postage Stamps in the Making' (a revision of Fred J Melville's 1916 book of the same name) [1949]. Edited, with Arnold M Strange, 'Perkins Bacon Records' [1953], based on the work of PG de Worms. Edited with KM Beaumont, revised edition of 'The Postage Stamps of Great Britain, Part III' [1964]. RDP 1960.

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