Stanley Bryan Ashbrook
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Stanley Bryan Ashbrook of Kentucky
, was a distinguished American philatelist who was known for his extensive studies of early United States stamps and postal history
. He was usually known as Stanley B. Ashbrook.
in 1937.
Ashbrook published the “Ashbrook Special Service” as a private subscriber series and also contributed to another subscriber series entitled “Bulletins of the Research Group.”
, the Crawford Medal, and signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
in 1950. He is currently listed in the APS Hall of Fame.
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
, was a distinguished American philatelist who was known for his extensive studies of early United States stamps and postal history
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...
. He was usually known as Stanley B. Ashbrook.
Collecting interests
Ashbrook was primarily interested in classic United States stamps and postal history in the form of stamped covers.Philatelic activity
Ashbrook is most known for his famous two-volume book entitled “The United States One Cent Stamp of 1851-57” which was published in 1938. His research of early American postage stamps led him to author the book “The United States Ten Cent Stamp of 1855-57” in 1936 for which he received the Crawford MedalCrawford Medal
The Crawford Medal is a vermeil medal awarded by the Royal Philatelic Society London for the most valuable and original contribution to the study and knowledge of philately published in book form during the relevant period....
in 1937.
Ashbrook published the “Ashbrook Special Service” as a private subscriber series and also contributed to another subscriber series entitled “Bulletins of the Research Group.”
Honors and awards
Stanley Ashbrook received numerous honors and awards for his philatelic research and subsequent publications. These include, the first-issued Luff AwardLuff Award
The Luff Award is awarded by the American Philatelic Society for meritorious contributions to philately by living philatelists.-Established:...
, the Crawford Medal, and signed 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 1950. He is currently listed in the APS Hall of Fame.