L. T. Rose-Hutchinson was a philatelist

Philately

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 and postal historian

Postal history

Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of postage stamps and covers and associated material illustrating historical episodes of postal systems...

. Rose-Hutchinson collected postage stamps for most of his life, joining the Royal Philatelic Society London in 1900 and the Postal History Society in 1940. During his Service career he spent most of his time in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, where he purchased collections and accumulations of stamps. Later he purchased most of the notable "Mackenzie-Grieve" collection.

Collections

Rose-Hutchinson's collecting interests ranged over the postage stamps and postal history of India

Postage stamps and postal history of India

This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of India.Indian postal systems for efficient military and governmental communications had developed long before the arrival of Europeans. When the Portuguese, Dutch, French, Danish and British displaced the Mughals, their postal systems...

, India Used Abroad, and Hong Kong and Treaty Ports. The Scinde Dawk

Scinde Dawk

Scinde Dawk was a very old postal system of runners that served the Indus Valley of Sindh, an area of present-day Pakistan. The term also refers to the first postage stamps in Asia, the forerunners of the adhesive stamps used throughout India, Burma, the Straits Settlements and other areas...

s and the 1854 classic issues of India (both the lithographed

Lithography

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 and typographed

Typography

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) held special interest for him, while Hong Kong

History of Hong Kong

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 and the Treaty Ports

Treaty ports

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 formed a second major area of interest.

His collection included the essays of Thuiller; the 1854 lithographed issues in full sheets and large blocks; many rarities of Malacca, Penang, Singapore, Labuan and Sarawak; as well as Persian Field Force, Burmese Field Force and Abyssinian Field Force covers.
The Two annas of 1854, in the rare Blue Green shade, appeared on a Persian Field Force cover of 1857.

Tributes

Robson Lowe

Robson Lowe

John Harry Robson Lowe , Robbie to his friends, was an English professional philatelist, stamp dealer and stamp auctioneer.- Life and career :...

lauded Rose-Hutchinson's "discerning taste and exceptional knowledge about one of the most complex branches of philately."