He arranged the sale of the unique British Guiana 1c magenta in 1940, and continued to look after it for the next thirty years, often being mistaken for its owner.
[1][2] In the 1960s, Kenny made deals with a number of the Trucial States in order to print stamps on their behalf for sale to collectors.
In 1965, Kenny was hired by the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Sir Albert Henry, to print stamps for collectors.
[4] In 1978 Henry asked Kenny for an advance of $337,000 on the next year's philatelics revenue to finance his re-election campaign.
[4] The Chief Justice of the time, Sir Gaven Donne, nullified the extra votes and installed Thomas Davis as Prime Minister.