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TURNER, Sydney Robert 1880-1972. Architect. Had fine collections of British Newspaper Tax Stamps, Railway Letter stamps, and the steamship stamps of La Guaira. An authority on fiscals and locals. Wrote with AJ Ecclestone, 'The Railway Letter Stamps of Great Britain 1891-1941'. His Railway Letter covers from 1891 to the mid 1940s, various Revenue stamps, and his collection of forgeries, were bequeathed to the British Library. First President of Cinderella Stamp Club. He was responsible for cover-designs and chapter headings of many philatelic handbooks including Bright's Philatelic Library, The Melville Stamp Books, and the Stamp Collectors' Annual. At the age of 80 he produced a cover-design for the Great Britain Philatelist. A keen collector of philatelic literature. RDP 1957.
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