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Hind, Arthur (1856 - 1933)
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Arthur Hind
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- Born
- 1856
England - Died
- 1933
USA - Occupation
- Post Office owner and Stamp collector
- Summary
Arthur Hind did not take up stamp collecting seriously until he emigrated from Bradford, England, in 1890, to America, where he ran a successful plush fabric manufacturing business in Utica. A wealthy man, he bought entire collections, and had to have the best, thus his preference for unused stamps. He was also fond of the 'unusual' over the 'general run' of stamps, in short, it seemed, anything that would make him stand out. Philatelically he was described as 'the Ferrary of America'.
He bought the Bordeaux letter from Lictenstein in 1922, and the following year acquired the two Post Office stamps from Duveen's collection.
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Bibliography
Journal Articles
- 'The Highest Priced Stamp in the World', Stamps, vol. 1, no. 8, 5 November 1932. [ Details... ]
- Phillips, Charles J., 'Arthur Hind: Owner of the World's Highest Priced Stamp', Stamps, vol. 1, no. 8, 1932, pp. pp.261-63, 271. [ Details... ]
- Phillips, Charles J., 'How the "Hind" Collection will be Sold', Stamp Collecting, vol. 40, no. 24, 9 September 1933, pp. 571-72, 583. [ Details... ]
- Séfi, A. J., 'Obituary. A Short Memoir of Mr Arthur Hind', Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, vol. 43, no. 507, March 1933, pp. pp.46-47. [ Details... ]
- Sloane, George B., 'Arthur Hind at the Collectors Club', Collectors Club Philatelist, vol. 2, no. 4, October 1923, pp. 142-44. [ Details... ]
- Stocken, Nevile Lacy, 'The "Hind" Sales', Stamp Collecting, vol. 42, no. 13, 23 June 1934, pp. 306-07. [ Details... ]
Journal Notes
- 'The American Ferrari', Stamp Collecting, vol. 19, no. 8, 25 November 1922, p. 180. [ Details... ]
- 'Death of Mr Arthur Hind', London Philatelist, vol. 42, no. 495, March 1933, pp. 65-66. [ Details... ]
Newspaper Articles
- 'Hind's Stamps to be Sold', The New York Times, 28 March 1933, p. 7. [ Details... ]
- 'Rare Mauritius Stamps: Big Prices at Sale of Hind Collection', The Times, 13 June 1934, p. 13. [ Details... ]
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Prepared by: Helen Morgan
Created: 16 March 2006, Last modified: 29 August 2006