Percy de Worms

Percy George de Worms (3 November 1873 – 2 April 1941) was an English aristocrat and philatelist.

[1] In 1927, he won the society's Tapling Medal for his paper "The Local Surcharges of Ceylon 1885" published in The London Philatelist which was judged the best of the year.

[1] He was an expert on the stamps of Ceylon, to which Sir John Wilson said every philatelic conversation with him eventually led.

[1] In 1935, the printing firm of Perkins Bacon, notable for the Penny Black and numerous other issues, went out of business and its records were acquired by Charles and Harry Nissen and Thomas Allen.

[6] He married Nora, only daughter of Sir Harry Simon Samuel MP on 25 July 1900.

Perkins Bacon Records by Percy de Worms
Typical pages from Perkins Bacon Records .
Nora Samuel