Dr Geoffrey Neil Kellow B Sc (Hons) Ph D, was born in July 1953.  He joined the Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria in 1975, and was awarded the JRW Purves Medal for services to the Society in 1990.  He has been Librarian of the Society since 1976, apart from three years absence in Sydney, and has been editor of Philately from Australia since 1981.

Geoff joined the Royal Philatelic Society, London in 1982, and was elected Fellow in 1995. He and Peter Jaffe were awarded the Tapling Medal in 1989, for their article, "The Saint Vincent 4d on one shilling provisional of 1881", published in the "London Philatelist" in 1988.

In addition to his many published books on Australian and Victorian philately, Geoff’s articles, from 1980 onwards add up to a formidable total, the titles covering several pages. They are to be found in Philately from Australia, The London Philatelist, Sydney Views, Australian Commonwealth Collectors Club of NSW Bulletin, The Australian Philatelist and The Australian Philatelic Yearbook, 1991.

[ Source:  APF News, October 1997 ]