Douglas N. Muir
Douglas N. Muir is the Curator of Philately at the British Postal Museum & Archive and a signatory to the Book of Scottish Philatelists.
Muir was born in Balfron, Scotland, and subsequently attended Glasgow University where he studied geography and archaeology. His first job was as a language teacher in Pforzheim in Germany.
He worked as a philatelic journalist on Stamp Collecting, the Philatelic Magazine and then as Editor of the British Philatelic Bulletin. He was also the founder of the Postal Mechanisation Study Circle.
Publications
- An Introduction to British Postal Mechanisation, Postal Mechanisation Study Circle, 1979. (With Martin Robertson)
- Postal Reform and the Penny Black: A New Appreciation, National Postal Museum, London, 1990. ISBN 095159480X
- The Story of Definitive Stamps, Royal Mail, London, 1994. ISBN 0946165041 (With Richard West)
- 'A Timeless Classic: The Evolution of Machin's Icon', The British Postal Museum & Archive, 2007 ISBN 978-0-9553569-1-9
- George V and the GPO: Stamps, Conflict & Creativity, The British Postal Museum & Archive, 2010. ISBN 095535692X
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