C. S. F. Crofton

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Charles Stanhope Foster Crofton (16 April 1873 – April 1909) was a British philatelist and a member of the Indian Civil Service.

Crofton was the only son of Major Henry Crofton.[1] He was educated at Harrow[2] and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3]

Philately

Crofton specialised in the philately of India and Ceylon. He had a special interest in the telegraph and revenue stamps of the area. He was a member of the Philatelic Society of India and for a time edited the Philatelic Journal of India. He was also a member of The Fiscal Philatelic Society.

He wrote most of part II (telegraph stamps) of The Postage and Telegraph Stamps of British India.[1] His Fiscal and Telegraph Stamps of Ceylon was published posthumously from his notes after editing by B. Gordon-Jones.

Death

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