Douglas N. Muir

Douglas N. Muir is the Senior Curator of Philately at the British Postal Museum & Archive and a signatory to the Book of Scottish Philatelists and the Roll of Distinguished 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 Robinson)
• Postal Reform and the Penny Black: A New Appreciation, National Postal Museum, London, 1990. ISBN 0-9515948-0-X
• The Story of Definitive Stamps, Royal Mail, London, 1994. ISBN 0-946165-04-1 (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 0-9553569-2-X

External links

• http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/queen-s-head-stamp-design/features/douglas-muir-curator-of-philately
• http://www.gbstamps.com/gbcc/gbcc_muir_intvw1.html