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- ↑ The Society's medals and honorary fellowship. The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2009, p. 4.
- ↑ "Alan Keith Huggins – AIEP".
- ↑ FEPA News No. 37 (July 2020), p. 33-38.
- ↑ The London Philatelist, No 1232, p.1, Jan/Feb 1996
- ↑ "List of Honorary Fellows". University College London. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
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