London International Stamp Exhibition 1950

The London International Stamp Exhibition 1950 was held in the Great Room, Grosvenor House, Park Lane from 6-13 May 1950, under the chairmanship of Sir John Wilson, Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection. A non-postal souvenir sheet was produced by Waterlow and Sons for the event using the collotype process. It depicted the Penny Black; Nova Scotia 1851 1/-; New South Wales 1850 1d Sydney View; Ceylon 1859 4d; Cape of Good Hope 1853 4d triangular. A souvenir cover showing St. George and the dragon was also available[1]

The souvenir sheet for the London International Stamp Exhibition 1950.

Palmares

The principal awards went to the following exhibits:[2]

The Grand Prix went to Herbert C. Adams (U.K.) for ‘Great Britain’.

Gold Awards of Honour went to: Harry Osborne for ‘Great Britain’; Gerald Wellburn for ‘Canada, British Columbia, etc.’; H. W. Hurlock for ‘Trinidad’; L. E. Dawson for ‘India and States’; Dr. F. E. Wood for ‘Straits Settlements and States’; M. Scheerlinck for ‘Belgium’; Eduardo Cohen for ‘Romania’; Dr. H. Leeman for ‘Switzerland’; D. C. Gray for ‘Netherlands’; R. Hoffman for ‘Uruguay’; C. F. Meroni for ‘Development of World Mails’; R. Abecassis for ‘Portuguese India’.

See also

List of philatelic exhibitions (by country)

References
  1. Philatelic Bulletin, Vol. 17, No. 9 (May 1980).
  2. "The Greatest Exhibition" by Stanley Phillips in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, July 1950, p. 123.
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