E. J. Lee

Emanuel Joseph Lee (died 1941)[1] was a philatelist who was a specialist in the stamps of Uruguay.

The catalogue for the sale of Lee's Uruguay collection, Plumridge & Co., London, 1936.

Philately

Lee specialised in the stamps of Uruguay. In 1933, he was awarded the Crawford Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society London for his work The postage stamps of Uruguay.[2] Lee was such an enthusiastic collector of Uruguay that he was once called "the man who killed Uruguay" because during his philatelic career he acquired virtually everything important from Uruguay that came on the market.[3] His Grand-Prix winning Uruguay collection was sold by Plumridge & Co., London, in 1936.

Selected publications

• The postage stamps of Uruguay. London: M. Harvey, 1931.

See also

• Ferrer corner block of 15 of the 80 centésimos green 1856 'Diligencia'

References

1. Who Was Who in British Philately, Association of British Philatelic Societies, 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013. Archived here.
2. The Society's medals and honorary fellowship. The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2009, p. 2.
3. "The Spell of the 'Suns'" by Nils Farnstrom in The London Philatelist, Vol. LXVIII, No. 798, May 1959, pp. 94-95.

Further reading

• Uruguay, The Grand Prix Collection Formed by Mr. E.J. Lee. London: Plumridge & Co., 1936.