London International Stamp Exhibition 1950


The London International Stamp Exhibition 1950 was held in the Great Room, Grosvenor House, Park Lane from 6-13 May 1950, under the chairmanship of Sir John Wilson, Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection. A non-postal souvenir sheet was produced by Waterlow and Sons for the event using the collotype process. It depicted the Penny Black; Nova Scotia 1851 1/-; New South Wales 1850 1d Sydney View; Ceylon 1859 4d; Cape of Good Hope 1853 4d triangular. A souvenir cover showing St. George and the dragon was also available

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The principal awards went to the following exhibits:
The Grand Prix went to Herbert C. Adams for ‘Great Britain’.
Gold Awards of Honour went to:
Harry Osborne for ‘Great Britain’;
Gerald Wellburn for ‘Canada, British Columbia, etc.’;
H. W. Hurlock for ‘Trinidad’;
L. E. Dawson for ‘India and States’;
Dr. F. E. Wood for ‘Straits Settlements and States’;
M. Scheerlinck for ‘Belgium’;
Eduardo Cohen for ‘Romania’;
Dr. H. Leeman for ‘Switzerland’;
D. C. Gray for ‘Netherlands’;
R. Hoffman for ‘Uruguay’;
C. F. Meroni for ‘Development of World Mails’;
R. Abecassis for ‘Portuguese India’.