Mick Michael

Albert Leonard "Mick" Michael (January 1912 – 7 November 1987[1]) was a British philatelist who was added to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1978.

Michael's first employment in the stamp trade was with H.E. Wingfield, a firm which he eventually owned. In 1962 Wingfield joined with Stanley Gibbons and Michael became joint managing director of that firm and chairman six years later. He retired in 1989.[2]

References

  1. Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011, Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. Archived here.
  2. "Obituary Albert Leonard Michael", Stan Zimmerman, Gibbons Stamp Monthly, January 1988, p. 11.


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