W. S. E. Stephen

William Stewart Easton Stephen (17 May 1903 Fraserburgh, Aberdeen, Scotland–16 May 1975 Aberlour, Banffshire, Scotland^[1]) was a philatelist who in 1960, with S.D. Tchilinghirian, was awarded the Crawford Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society London for his work Stamps of the Russian Empire used abroad.^[2]

The cover of part 6 of Stamps of the Russian Empire used abroad by Tchilinghirian & Stephen.

He was also a co-author of Austrian post offices abroad which, like the work Russia, was also issued in parts.

Selected publications

• Austrian post offices abroad. Austrian Stamp Club of Great Britain. (With S. D. Tchilinghirian) (Seven volumes. Volume 8 by Keith Tranmer)
• Stamps of the Russian Empire used abroad. Aberlour, Banffshire: The British Society of Russian Philately. (Multiple volumes)

References

1. Scotlands People
2. The Society's medals and honorary fellowship. The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2009, p. 3.

External links

• Tchilinghirian & Stephen Revisited by Maxime Citerne, Classical Russian Philately, 19 July 2012. by Maxime Citerne, Classical Russian Philately, 19 July 2012. Archived here.