Yardley, Robert Blake

YARDLEY, Robert Blake, 1858-1943. Of the family of soap and perfume manufacturers. Barrister. President RPSL, 1931-34. Gold medal at London International Exhibition 1906 for Transvaal collection which he had assembled for his contribution to Part III of the RPSL Handbook on British Africa, 1906. Wrote monograph on 'The Dies of the Postage Stamps of Portugal of the Reigns of Dona Maria II and Dom Pedro V' [1907] and 'The Samoa Express Postage Stamps' [1916]. The following articles by him were reprinted from the London Philatelist: 'Virgin Islands Issues of 1866-90' [1921], 'Malta - The Halfpenny Postage Stamps of the reign of Queen Victoria' [1922], 'Provisional Stamps of Campeche' [1923], 'Notes of the Adhesive Postage and Postage Due Stamps of Turkey of the Duloz Type' [1934], (Supplement 1936). Contributor to RPSL Handbook on Queensland, 1930. Tapling Medal for Virgin Islands, 1922. RDP 1921. His worldwide collection was auctioned by HR Harmer on sixteen days in 1944-45. Philatelic library, with many annotations, given to RPSL.

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