William Augustus Townsend (26 April 1904 – 10 February 1993) was a British philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1969.[1]
Townsend was a specialist in the stamps of Montenegro, British West Indies, and British Guiana and received gold medals at international stamp exhibitions for British Guiana. He was awarded the Tilleard Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society London in 1967.[2]
Selected publications
edit- The Postage Stamps and Postal History of British Guiana. 1970.
References
edit- ^ Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011, Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. Archived here.
- ^ Who Was Who in British Philately, Association of British Philatelic Societies, 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014. Archived here.
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