Robert Brisco Earée
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The Reverend Robert Brisco Earée (1846-1928) was an English philatelist, known for his studies of philatelic fakes and forgeries
. He was the son of the Reverend William Earee M.A.
, and became a priest in 1871. He was a Curate at Coggeshall, Essex in 1871.
He married Florence Isabella Goff, daughter of Captain A. Goff (deceased), at Alphamstone, Essex, in August 1876. His father had been rector at Alphamstone since 1870.
While British chaplain in Berlin in the 1880s, he was responsible for raising a fund for a new church dedicated to St.George.
In 1890 he was appointed Rector of Miserden
in Gloucestershire.
as the author of a series of articles, The Spud Papers, describing forgeries
which appeared in various publications between 1871 and 1881 before being published in book form in 1952. He also served as philatelic editor of The Bazaar [1875].
Earée is best known for the classic Album Weeds; or, How to Detect Forged Stamps which went through three editions and is still regarded as a one of the best all world guides to forgeries and fakes ever produced.
He summed up his philosophy in The Spud Papers by saying '...if philatelists would only study their stamps a little more, instead of merely trying to see how many they can collect, I am certain that they would soon learn for themselves far more than any book or Spud Paper can teach them.'
Earée was entered on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
in 1921.
Philatelic fakes and forgeries
In general, philatelic fakes and forgeries refers to labels that look like postage stamps but are not. Most have been produced to deceive or defraud...
. He was the son of the Reverend William Earee M.A.
Life
Earée was educated at Cockermouth Grammar School, a British boy's school in CumbriaCumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
, and became a priest in 1871. He was a Curate at Coggeshall, Essex in 1871.
He married Florence Isabella Goff, daughter of Captain A. Goff (deceased), at Alphamstone, Essex, in August 1876. His father had been rector at Alphamstone since 1870.
While British chaplain in Berlin in the 1880s, he was responsible for raising a fund for a new church dedicated to St.George.
In 1890 he was appointed Rector of Miserden
Miserden
Miserden is a village and civil parish in Stroud District, Gloucestershire, England, 4 miles north east of Stroud. The parish includes Whiteway Colony and the hamlets of Sudgrove and The Camp...
in Gloucestershire.
Philatelic work
Earée followed W. Dudley Atlee and Edward Loines PembertonEdward Loines Pemberton
Edward Loines Pemberton was a pioneering philatelist and stamp dealer who was a leading advocate of the scientific school of philately and a founding member of The Philatelic Society, London, now The Royal Philatelic Society London...
as the author of a series of articles, The Spud Papers, describing forgeries
Philatelic fakes and forgeries
In general, philatelic fakes and forgeries refers to labels that look like postage stamps but are not. Most have been produced to deceive or defraud...
which appeared in various publications between 1871 and 1881 before being published in book form in 1952. He also served as philatelic editor of The Bazaar [1875].
Earée is best known for the classic Album Weeds; or, How to Detect Forged Stamps which went through three editions and is still regarded as a one of the best all world guides to forgeries and fakes ever produced.
He summed up his philosophy in The Spud Papers by saying '...if philatelists would only study their stamps a little more, instead of merely trying to see how many they can collect, I am certain that they would soon learn for themselves far more than any book or Spud Paper can teach them.'
Earée was entered on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists is a philatelic award of international scale, created by the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain in 1921...
in 1921.
Publications
- Album Weeds; or, How to Detect Forged Stamps, 1st edition, Stanley Gibbons Limited, London 1882. (One volume)
- "The Future of Stamp Collecting" in Nunn’s Philatelical Annual, circa 1889. Reproduced here. Archived here.
- Album Weeds; or, How to Detect Forged Stamps, 2nd edition, Stanley Gibbons Limited, London 1892. (One volume)
- Album Weeds; or, How to Detect Forged Stamps, 3rd edition, Stanley Gibbons Limited, London 1906. (Two volumes)
- Album Weeds; or, How to Detect Forged Stamps, The Gossip Printery, Holton, Kansas, U.S.A. 1931. (Reprint)
- The Spud Papers: An Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of Early Philatelic Forgeries, 1952. (With W. Dudley Atlee and Edward Loines PembertonEdward Loines PembertonEdward Loines Pemberton was a pioneering philatelist and stamp dealer who was a leading advocate of the scientific school of philately and a founding member of The Philatelic Society, London, now The Royal Philatelic Society London...
. Introduction by Lowell Ragatz.) - Album Weeds; or, How to Detect Forged Stamps, 3rd edition, Manuka-Ainslie Press, Acton, Canberra, Australia. (Reprint, eight paperback parts circa 1960.)
- Album Weeds; or, How to Detect Forged Stamps, 3rd edition, Lowell Ragatz & Jim Beal, United States. (Reprint 1954 and 1975?)