James Alfred Birch

James Alfred Birch (8 October 1888 – 11 December 1969) was a British philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1960.[1]

Birch had award-winning collections of the stamps of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Danish West Indies, Greenland, and Faroe Islands. He was a writer for numerous journals on Scandinavian topics and was awarded the Medal of Honour by the Copenhagen Philatelic Club for distinguished work in Danish philately.[2]

References
  1. Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011, Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. Archived here.
  2. Who Was Who in British Philately, Association of British Philatelic Societies, 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014. Archived here.


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