Charles Stanhope Foster Crofton (16 April 1873 – April 1909)[1] was a British philatelist and a member of the Indian Civil Service.
Early life[edit | edit source]
Crofton was the only son of Major Henry Crofton R.A. (1847-1893).[2][3] He was educated at Harrow[4] and Trinity College, Cambridge.[5]
Philately[edit | edit source]
Crofton specialised in the philately of India and Ceylon. He had a special interest in the telegraph and revenue stamps 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 The Fiscal Philatelic Society.
He wrote most of part II (telegraph stamps) of The Postage and Telegraph Stamps of British India.[3] His Fiscal and Telegraph Stamps of Ceylon was published posthumously from his notes after editing by B. Gordon-Jones.
Death[edit | edit source]
Crofton died from cholera in Ahmednagar, Deccan where he was the resident magistrate and collector.[3]
Selected publications[edit | edit source]
- The Adhesive Fiscal and Telegraph Stamps of British India. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1905. (With Wilmot Corfield)
- The Postage and Telegraph Stamps of British India. London: Stanley Gibbons for the Philatelic Society of India, 1907. (With L.L.R. Hausburg and C. Stewart-Wilson.)
- The Fiscal and Telegraph Stamps of Ceylon. Ed. B. Gordon Jones. London: Bridger & Kay for the Philatelic Society of India, 1911. (Posthumously)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Charles Stanhope Foster Crofton thepeerage.com Retrieved 13 August 2011. Archived at WebCite here.
- ↑ Major Henry Crofton thepeerage.com Retrieved 13 August 2011. Archived at WebCite here.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Death of Mr. C. S. Crofton." in The London Philatelist, Vol. XVIII, No. 209, May 1909, p. 126.
- ↑ Who Was Who in British Philately Archived 30 June 2012 at WebCite Association of British Philatelic Societies 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ↑ "Crofton, Charles Stanhope Foster (CRFN892CS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.