C. S. F. Crofton

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]

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]

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]

Crofton died from cholera in Ahmednagar, Deccan where he was the resident magistrate and collector.^[3]

Selected publications[edit]

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]

↑ 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.

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[peer-1] Charles Stanhope Foster Crofton thepeerage.com Retrieved 13 August 2011. Archived at WebCite here.

[2] Major Henry Crofton thepeerage.com Retrieved 13 August 2011. Archived at WebCite here.

[LP-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "Death of Mr. C. S. Crofton." in The London Philatelist, Vol. XVIII, No. 209, May 1909, p. 126.

[abps-4] Who Was Who in British Philately Archived 30 June 2012 at WebCite Association of British Philatelic Societies 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2011.

[5] "Crofton, Charles Stanhope Foster (CRFN892CS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

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