| Anthony (Tony) Dean Presgrave - Research |
Tony
Presgrave of Goolwa, South Australia commenced serious specialized collecting of
the Australian Commonwealth in 1970. His collection of the Travelling Post
Offices of South Australia became an original research collection which formed
the basis of his book The Travelling Post Offices of South Australia published by the Stuart Rossiter Trust. This
work has been awarded a Vermeil medal at FIAP level [Hong Kong
2001].
Also formed in the early 1970s, was a collection of the Railway Parcel Stamps of the Australian States and Commonwealth. Tony's knowledge and research of this subject led to his joint authorship of the publication, The Railway Stamp of Australia.
Tony's collection of The Departmental Stamps of South Australia which has been awarded an FIP Large Vermeil medal at Australia 99 was the basis of the publication The Departmental Stamps of South Australia of which he was author. He was also the author of the publication Albury Postal Services.
Tony is a prolific writer and contributor of philatelic journals and magazines. He has written on many philatelic subjects relating to South Australia and also Railway Parcel Stamps. He was the first editor, and now, joint editor of The Shilling Violet [journal of the South Australian Study Group of Philatelic Society of South Australia]; is editor of Cinderellas Australia magazine and editor of Cinderella Corner in Stamp News. He is also Past editor of Stamp Talk, journal of the Philatelic Society of South Australia.