Edward B. Evans

Evans was born at Norwich, England, and commenced collecting stamps as a student at Uppingham[1] Grammar School in 1861.

He sent a paper on these issues to the "Congrès International des Timbrophiles" at Paris in 1878, which earned an award from the Société Française de Timbrologie.

[5] After giving up his general collection, Evans specialized in the stamps of the Confederate States, and published many articles on this subject in the Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal, which he edited for 23 years.

His Confederate States collection was purchased by a New York City dealer, John Klemann of Nassau Stamp Co., about 1914.

He was one of the original three members of the RPS' Expert Committee in 1894, and helped edit and publish many of the Society's handbooks.