Denys R. Martin
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Denys R. Martin ( -1970) ranks among the most distinguished philatelists of the Twentieth Century. As a systematic scholar and prolific writer, Martin illuminated some of the most difficult topics and set a high standard for the study of the postage stamps and postal history of India and Burma.[1]
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[edit] Life
As a regular British army officer of the Royal Engineers, Martin arrived in India during the the First World War and travelled throughout the subcontinent during the next twenty years. He was a member of the India Study Circle.[2]
[edit] Awards
- Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society, London (FRPSL).
- Crawford Medal for The Four Annas Lithographed Stamps of India, 1854-55, 1932.
- Signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1939.
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[edit] Works
- D. R. Martin and E. A. Smythies, Half Anna Lithographed Stamps of India (1928)
- D. R. Martin and E. A. Smythies, The Four Annas Lithographed Stamps of India, 1854-55. Philatelic Society of India and Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London (1930).
- D. R. Martin, five appendices in L. E. Dawson, The One Anna and Two Annas Postage Stamps of India, 1854-55. Philatelic Society of India, H. Garratt-Adams & Co. and Stanley Gibbons, Ltd., London (1948): Die I, A Stone, No. 7 - p. 66; Die I, B Stone, Nos. 2, 28 and 64 - p. 67; India, 1854. Pin Perforated - p. 73; One Anna, 1854, Numbers Printed - p. 75; and The Two Annas, 1854, Some Problems - p. 81.
- Gerald Davis and Denys Martin, Burma Postal History, Including the 1987 Supplement. Robson Lowe, Ltd., London (1971). 204 pp, illustrated, plus 38 pages of addenda and corrigenda.
- D. R. Martin, The Second Afghan War (1961).
- D. R. Martin and G. C. Danby, The Bombay-Karachi Sea Post Office (1963).
- D. R. Martin, Pakistan Overprints on Indian Stamps (1964).
- D. R. Martin, Indian Travelling Post Offices 1864-1891. Robson Lowe, London (1969). First printed in The Philatelist.
- D. R. Martin, Numbers in Early Indian Cancellations, Robson Lowe (1970).
- D. R. Martin, ed. Neil Blair Overseas Letter Postage from India 1854-1876 (1975), 72 pp.
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