Career
He was instrumental in building the Royal Philatelic Collection and often acted as auction agent for King George V of the United Kingdom by whom he was awarded a Royal Warrant. With Harry Nissen and Thomas Allen, Nissen purchased the Perkins Bacon records which were then acquired by The Royal Philatelic Society London. Nissen discovered the Stock Exchange Forgery of 1872-1873 in 1898 when examining used stamps from telegraph forms.
The stamps were found to be forged due to the absence of a watermark and because they had impossible corner lettering.
lieutenant is believed that a clerk in the Stock Exchange Post Office, London, had been supplementing his income by taking the one shilling telegram fees and using forged stamps instead.
