Dr. Francis Ernest Wood (23 September 1877[1] – 1964)[2][3] was a medical practitioner and philatelist who was a specialist in the stamps of the Malay States. In 1949 he was awarded the Crawford Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society London for his work Straits Settlements postage stamps.[4]

Wood was a Senior Medical Officer in Perak.[2]

Selected publications

  • "Straits Settlements and native protected states with special reference to stamps of doubtful catalogue status" in The London Philatelist, Feb/Mar 1939.
  • Straits Settlements postage stamps. Betws-y-Coed: F.E. Wood, 1945 or 1948. (Reprinted: Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, Selangor Stamp Club, 1961.)

References

  1. ↑ Bateman, Robert. Stamp collectors' who's who. London: Stanley Gibbons, 1960, p. 95.
  2. 1 2 Who Was Who in British Philately, Association of British Philatelic Societies, 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Fielding, Simon. "Malay States Guides officers c. 1914". Great War Forum. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ↑ The Society's medals and honorary fellowship. The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2009, p. 3.


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