Herbert Edgar Weston

Herbert Edgar Weston (28 October 1874 in Chichester – 21 November 1961 in Twickenham),[1] or H. Edgar Weston, was a stamp dealer in Stockwell, London, then Twickenham, who used the pseudonym Victor Marsh and who purchased Jean-Baptiste Moens' stock of philatelic literature after Moens' retirement in about 1907.

He was also a prolific producer of philatelic covers using cut-outs from stamped to order postal stationery items.

Then the order he placed in May 1916 was refused, the Post Office stated that they had "decided to discontinue that particular form of stamping".

Weston was not shy in seeking co-operation in the creation of items he could sell, sending packets of covers franked with cut-outs to serving British army officers during World War One,[4] and over an extended period to the post office at Tristan da Cunha,[5] with requests that they be posted back, suitably cancelled.

In the 1950s Weston again managed to persuade the Post Office to produce tête-bêche multiple letterpress impressions with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II dies.

A 1906 advert for Weston from The Philatelic Index , 1906.
Folded sheet with four impressions, tête-bêche, of KGVI 1½d, postmarked Lerwick on 16 October 1959, addressed to Victor Marsh.
Grave of Weston and his wife in Twickenham Cemetery in 2014