Hugh McLellan Southgate collection, [189-?]-1940.

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Hugh McLellan Southgate collection, [189-?]-1940.

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The collection consists chiefly of hand-written notes made by Southgate on a wide range of postal history topics and related matters, generally on lined or graph paper measuring 25 x 15 cm. or smaller, for keeping in triple-post binders. Some of the notes were made in "Lefax" or other commercially-available notebooks. The collection includes numerous mounted newsclippings, brochures, and excerpted articles from philatelic journals, as well as statistical data, advertisements, copies of correspondence, and diagrams made by Southgate to illustrate plate variations, etc.

27 v. (approximately 6,900 p.) ; 29 cm. + 1 index v.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7274743

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Southgate, H. M. (Hugh McLellan), 1871-1940

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Hugh McLellan Southgate (b. Sept. 3, 1871; d. Oct. 23, 1940), a resident of Chevy Chase, Maryland, was an important postage stamp collector and an active member of several philatelic societies. He was a founder and the first president of the Philatelic Plate Number Association (1926-1928), as well as the first president and chairman of the board (1930-1940) of its successor, the Bureau Issues Association (now the United States Stamp Society). He was also an authority on the printing of stamps by...

Brett, George W.

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Sloane, George B. (George Benedict), 1898-1958

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United States. Bureau of Engraving and Printing

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Bureau Issues Association

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United States. Post Office Department

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