Winthrop Smillie Boggs

Winthrop Smillie Boggs was a philatelist renowned for his expertise and philatelic writing.

Philatelic accomplishments

Boggs wrote a number of the definitive books in philately:

The Foundations of Philately
Ten Decades Ago: 1840-1850, a Study of the Work of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch and Edson of New York City
The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Newfoundland
The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada

Philatelic leadership

Boggs was a member of the Collectors Club of New York and served the club in a number of capacities. He was the first executive director at the Philatelic Foundation during the period 1945-1961.

Honors

The Crawford Medal
The John N. Luff Award for Distinguished Philatelic Research
The Lichtenstein Medal
Signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
Elected to the American Philatelic Society