Francis Kiddle
Francis Edgar Kiddle (1942 – 21 October 2015) was a British philatelist who achieved an international reputation in the field of philatelic literature and cinderella philately.[1]
Philately
Kiddle was a past President of the Royal Philatelic Society London and in 2006 won a Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Award.[2] He was also an FIP (Federation Internationale de Philatelie) accredited judge[3] and is currently Chairman of the FIP Revenue Commission. Kiddle is also Chairman of the Trustees of the British Philatelic Trust.
From 2005 he was the Curator of the Perkins Bacon Archive for the Royal Philatelic Society London.[1]
Until his death, he and his brother Charles wrote a monthly article on cinderella stamp for Stamp Magazine. He died on 21 October 2015 of lung cancer, aged 73.[4]
Outside philately
Francis Kiddle worked in the space industry retiring in 1997 as Assistant Director of Space Technology Research, UK,[1] at the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency.[5]
Awards and honours
- Roll of Distinguished Philatelists 1995.
- Royal Mail Lifetime Achievement Award 2001.
- Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Award 2006
- Roll of Distinguished Cinderella Philatelists 2006.
- Lichtenstein Medal 2012.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Fip Revenue Commission - Bureau". Fip-revenue.org. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "2006 Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Awards". Postalmuseum.si.edu. 27 May 2006. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Francis Kiddle has died this morning". FEPA News. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ "Francis Kiddle to Receive the 2012 Alfred F. Lichtenstein Memorial Award" in The London Philatelist, Vol. 121, No. 1392, Jan/Feb 2012, p. 35.
