Marcus Samuel (philatelist)

Marcus Francis Javier Samuel (6 November 1904 – 16 October 1997)[1][2] was a distinguished British philatelist who was an expert on the specimen stamps and revenue stamps of Britain and the British Commonwealth.

He subsequently formed a comprehensive collection of specimen stamps at a time when few other collectors were interested in them.

[2] In 1937 Samuel joined the Royal Philatelic Society, resigning when he became a professional philatelist with Robson Lowe after the end of World War II.

[1] In 1981, with Alan K. Huggins, he won the Crawford Medal for his work Specimen stamps and stationery of Great Britain.

[3] The loss of his sight in the early 1990s caused Samuel to give up active philately.