In 2001, Akerman and Gavin H. Fryer won the Crawford Medal from The Royal Philatelic Society London for their work "The Reform of the Post Office in the Victorian Era and Its Impact on Economic and Social Activity".
He won numerous other awards for displays at stamp exhibitions.
In 2009, Akerman won the Revenue Society Research Medal.
Akerman produced books and written articles for philatelic journals, including The American Revenuer, The Revenue Journal of Great Britain, The Mainsheet, The London Philatelist, Gibbons Stamp Monthly and The GB Journal.
The Revenue Stamps of Argentina: Clive Akerman was educated at the University of Bristol, graduating with a BSc in 1961, and lived in Gloucestershire, Great Britain.