Winthrop Smillie Boggs

Winthrop Smillie Boggs (December 20, 1902 – May 30, 1974) was a philatelist renowned for his expertise and philatelic writing.

Philatelic accomplishments

Boggs wrote a number of the definitive books in philately:

• The Foundations of Philately (1955)
• Ten Decades Ago: 1840-1850, a Study of the Work of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch and Edson of New York City (1949)
• The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Newfoundland (1942)
• The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada (1945)

Philatelic leadership

Boggs was a member of the Collectors Club of New York and served the club in a number of capacities. He was the first executive director at the Philatelic Foundation during the period 1945-1961.

Honors

• The Crawford Medal (1947)
• The John N. Luff Award for Distinguished Philatelic Research (1952)
• The Lichtenstein Medal (1958)
• Signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists (1959)
• Elected to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame (1974)

External links

• Profile at the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame.
• Canada Library and Archives Philatelic Bibliography