Peckitt, W. H.

PECKITT, William Henry d.1934 in Monte Carlo, age 64. Dealer in London. A keen businessman known as 'The Panther of the Strand'. Purchased most of the Earl of Crawford's collections and that of Sir William Avery; published a descriptive booklet on the latter [1909]. The famous cover bearing two examples of the 1d 'Post Office' Mauritius passed through his hands in 1898 and again in 1905. Published in 1910 under the pseudonym 'Miss Fitte', 'The World's Stamp Errors Part I British Empire, Part II Foreign Countries' (The Postage Stamp Handbooks 10 and 11). Also published 'The Stamp Year' [1912], compiled by Fred J Melville. Sold his business to Stanley Gibbons Ltd and retired in 1913.

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