W. R. D. Wiggins

Dr. William Robert Denison Wiggins FFARCS MRCS (4 April 1913[1] – 17 October 1992[2]) was a British medical practitioner and philatelist who in 1963 was awarded the Crawford Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society London for his work The Postage Stamps of Great Britain Part II.[3]

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William Robert Denison Wiggins
Born(1913-04-04)4 April 1913
Died17 October 1992(1992-10-17) (aged 79)
NationalityBritish
OccupationPhilatelist
Medical career
ProfessionSurgeon

Selected publications
  • The Postage Stamps of Great Britain, Part 2: Perforated line-engraved issues, London: Royal Philatelic Society London, 2nd ed., 1962. (Editor)
  • The plating of alphabet II : plates 1 to 21, AA to TL. 1974.
  • British line engraved stamps : repaired impressions : 1855-1879, one penny die II. Robson Lowe, 1982.

References
  1. Bateman, Robert. Stamp collectors' who's who. London: Stanley Gibbons, 1960, p. 93.
  2. "Newsdesk" in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, December 1992, p. 9.
  3. The Society's medals and honorary fellowship. The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2009, p. 4.


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