Salih Kuyas is a Turkish philatelist who was appointed to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 2002. He specialises in the postal stationery of the Ottoman region, his collections of which have won large gold medals. In 1991 he won the Tilleard Medal of the Royal Philatelic Society London for his display of Levant postal stationery. [1] In 2002 he won the European Award for Philatelic Merit. [2]
Adrian Albert Jurgens was a South African philatelist and signatory to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists of Southern Africa in 1948 and the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in Great Britain in 1952.
Stanley Bryan Ashbrook, of Kentucky, was a distinguished American philatelist who was known for his extensive studies of early United States stamps and postal history. He was usually known as Stanley B. Ashbrook.
Dr. Soichi Ichida was a distinguished Japanese philatelist who specialized in studies of classic Japanese postage stamps and encouraged the collecting of Japanese stamps and Japanese postal history throughout the world.
Robert Granville Stone, was an American philatelic scholar who devoted over fifty years to the study of certain specific segments of philately.
The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists (RDP) is a philatelic award of international scale, created by the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain in 1921. The Roll consists of five pieces of parchment to which the signatories add their names.
Edward Wilfrid Baxby (Ted) Proud was a British postal historian, philatelic writer, and philatelic dealer who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 2008.
James Benjamin Seymour, of Great Britain, was a philatelist who created an award winning collection, and who wrote some of the key works in British philately.
Gilbert "Gillie" Harrison was an English philatelist, and rugby union footballer who played in the 1870s and 1880s. He was one of the "Fathers of Philately" entered on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921.
Marcus Francis Javier Samuel was a distinguished British philatelist who was an expert on the specimen stamps and revenue stamps of Britain and the British Commonwealth. He was a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London.
Wolfgang C. Hellrigl was an expert on the philately of Nepal and Tibet who in 1994 was invited to sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists.
Henry Robert Holmes was the president of the Royal Philatelic Society London 1961-64 and signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1953.
Alan Keith Huggins MBE is a philatelist who in 1981, with Marcus Samuel, was awarded the Crawford Medal for his work Specimen stamps and stationery of Great Britain.
Hugo Goeggel is a Swiss businessman and philatelist, resident in Colombia, who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 2010.
Hedwige Alma Lee FRPSL RDP was a Swiss-born naturalised British philatelist who specialised in the stamps of Switzerland and in topical collecting. She won large gold medals for her displays at Naba 1984, Stockholmia 1986, Hafnia 1987 and Finlandia 1988 and her collection was exhibited in the Court of Honour at PhilexFrance 1989 and New Zealand 1990. She signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1991 and later became the only non-resident member of the Consilium Philateliae Helveticae. The Royal Philatelic Society London award the Lee Medal in memory of Alma and her husband Ron.
Dr. Franz Kalckhoff was a German philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1934. He is noted as philatelic author, editor and expert on postal stationery.
Christian Carl Sundman was a Finnish philatelist who was added to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1989.
Brigadier Diljit Singh Virk was an Indian philatelist who was added to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1993.
Stephen Douglas Schumann is an American philatelist who was appointed to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 2015. Schumann specialises in collecting postal stationery and is an internationally accredited philatelic judge. He received the Luff Award in 2007 from the American Philatelic Society.
Lars Engelbrecht is a Danish philatelist who in 2016 was invited to sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists. He is a specialist in the postal stationery of Denmark and a philatelic judge. Lars was chairman of the FIP Postal Stationery Commission from 2012 to 2018. He won the Lee Medal from the Royal Philatelic Society London in 2014. In 2021 he issued the two volume book "Denmark Postal Stationery - The Bi-coloured Issue 1871-1905".
James Van der Linden is a Belgian postal historian who was appointed to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 2002. He specialises in the postal history of Belgium and its colonies. In 1995 he received the Crawford Medal of the Royal Philatelic Society London for his book Catalogue des marques de passage.