Winthrop Smillie Boggs

Winthrop Smillie Boggs (December 20, 1902 – May 30, 1974) was a philatelist renowned for his expertise and philatelic writing.

Philatelic accomplishments
Boggs wrote a number of the definitive books in philately:


 * The Foundations of Philately (1955)
 * Ten Decades Ago: 1840-1850, a Study of the Work of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch and Edson of New York City (1949)
 * The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Newfoundland (1942)
 * The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada (1945)

Philatelic leadership
Boggs was a member of the Collectors Club of New York and served the club in a number of capacities. He was the first executive director at the Philatelic Foundation during the period 1945-1961.

Honors

 * The Crawford Medal (1947)
 * The John N. Luff Award for Distinguished Philatelic Research (1952)
 * The Lichtenstein Medal (1958)
 * Signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists (1959)
 * Elected to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame (1974)