Harry Osborne (philatelist) explained

Harry Osborne MD, MRCS, DPH, (28 November 1875^[1] – 21 June 1959^{[2] [3]}) was a British medical practitioner and philatelist who wrote several important works on classic British stamps and signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1954.^[4]

Osborne won the Crawford Medal from the Royal Philatelic Society, London for his work on the Great Britain Twopence stamp, Plate 9.

He won a Gold Award of Honour for his stamps of Great Britain at the London International Stamp Exhibition 1950 and was also a student of the stamps of Ceylon and New South Wales.

Publications

• The Ray Flaws of Plates 1 and 2 of the Penny Black, 1935.
• Great Britain Twopence Plate Nine - A Study of the Plate and its Repairs, Chas. Nissen & Co., London, 1939.
• British Line Engraved Stamps, Twopence Blue - Studies of Plates 1 to 15, H.F. Johnson, London 1948.
• British Line Engraved Stamps - Repaired Impressions, H.F. Johnson, London, 1949.

Notes and References

1. Bateman, Robert. Stamp Collectors' Who's Who. London: Stanley Gibbons Ltd., 1960, p.66.
2. British Medical Journal, 1959.
3. "Dr. Harry Osborne" in The Times, 24 June 1959, Issue 54495, p.12.
4. http://www.abps.org.uk/Home/Who_Was_Who/index.xalter#O Who Was Who in Philately.