Charles Haviland Mekeel

Charles Haviland Mekeel (December 1, 1861 – October 13, 1921), of St. Louis, Missouri, was a well-known stamp dealer and editor.

He figured prominently in the 1895 “find” of the St. Louis Postmaster Provisionals, which solved problems related to their authenticity.

From 1892 to 1895, he published in St. Louis a philatelic journal in Spanish, entitled La Revista Filatelica.

Based on his study of the provisionals, Mekeel wrote The History of the Postage Stamps of the St. Louis Postmaster, 1845-1847 in 1895.

[citation needed] Mekeel was admitted to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame in 1972.