Raife Wellsted
British philatelist
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Raife William Wellsted (21 July 1929 – 9 August 2012)[1] was a British philatelist who was added to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1985.[2]
Wellsted was appointed the third curator of the British National Postal Museum in 1980. He was suspended in December 1985 after stamps from the collection were found to be missing.[3] He was arrested in May 1986[4] and jailed in 1987.
Wellsted was president of the Postal History Society in 1965 and 1981.
