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'''Charles Stanhope Foster Crofton''' (16 April 1873 &ndash; April 1909)<ref name=peer>[http://thepeerage.com/p32537.htm#i325370 Charles Stanhope Foster Crofton] thepeerage.com Retrieved 13 August 2011. [https://www.webcitation.org/60uD4Dzaq?url=http://thepeerage.com/p32537.htm Archived at WebCite here.]</ref> was a British philatelist and a member of the [[Indian Civil Service]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Crofton was the only son of Major Henry Crofton R.A. (1847-1893).<ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p32537.htm#i325367 Major Henry Crofton] thepeerage.com Retrieved 13 August 2011. [https://www.webcitation.org/60uBoQz34?url=http://thepeerage.com/p32537.htm Archived at WebCite here.]</ref><ref name=LP/> He was educated at [[Harrow School|Harrow]]<ref name=abps>[http://www.abps.org.uk/Home/Who_Was_Who/index.xalter#C Who Was Who in British Philately] {{Webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/68o45Xs0o?url=http://www.abps.org.uk/Home/Who_Was_Who/index.xalter#C |date=30 June 2012 }} [[Association of British Philatelic Societies]] 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2011.</ref> and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{acad|id=CRFN892CS|name=Crofton, Charles Stanhope Foster}}</ref><br />
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==Philately==<br />
Crofton specialised in the philately of India and Ceylon. He had a special interest in the [[Telegraph stamp|telegraph]] and [[revenue stamp]]s of the area. He was a member of the [[Philatelic Society of India]] and for a time edited the ''Philatelic Journal of India''. He was also a member of [[Fiscal Philatelic Society|The Fiscal Philatelic Society]].<br />
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He wrote most of part II (telegraph stamps) of ''The Postage and Telegraph Stamps of British India''.<ref name=LP/> His ''Fiscal and Telegraph Stamps of Ceylon'' was published posthumously from his notes after editing by B. Gordon-Jones.<br />
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==Death==<br />
Crofton died from cholera in Ahmednagar, Deccan where he was the resident magistrate and collector.<ref name=LP>"Death of Mr. C. S. Crofton." in ''[[The London Philatelist]]'', Vol. XVIII, No. 209, May 1909, p. 126.</ref><br />
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== Selected publications ==<br />
*''The Adhesive Fiscal and Telegraph Stamps of British India''. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1905. (With [[Wilmot Corfield]])<br />
*''The Postage and Telegraph Stamps of British India''. London: [[Stanley Gibbons]] for the [[Philatelic Society of India]], 1907. (With [[Leslie L. R. Hausburg|L.L.R. Hausburg]] and [[Charles Stewart-Wilson|C. Stewart-Wilson]].)<br />
*''The Fiscal and Telegraph Stamps of Ceylon''. Ed. B. Gordon Jones. London: Bridger & Kay for the Philatelic Society of India, 1911. (Posthumously)<br />
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