Career
Starr was particularly interested in studying the large Dragons of 1878-1883 as well as China’s air post issues. His collections on exhibit were famous and award winning. Company-authored with Samuel J. Mills, Starr wrote The Chinese Air-Post, 1920–1935, which was based on his own collection of Chinese postal history.
lieutenant was published around 1937.
Starr’s intact China collection was sold at Sotheby"s auction in 1991.