Herbert Oldfield Explained

Herbert Rooke Oldfield
Birth Date:	1850
Death Date:	22 December
Nationality:	British
Occupation:	Philatelist

Herbert Rooke Oldfield (1859 – 22 December 1940) was a British solicitor and philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1922.^{[1] [2]}

Oldfield was president of the International Philatelic Union and honorary secretary, 1895, of the Society for the Suppression of Speculative Issues. He collected India, Bolivia, Bosnia, Chinese locals and Formosa, Colombia, Persia, and Swiss Cantonals.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011, Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. Archived here.
2. http://www.abps.org.uk/Home/Who_Was_Who/index.xalter#M Who Was Who in British Philately