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He also collected and studied postal history of United States postage stamps used outside the United States. and postal history of mail that traveled by various types of ships, including pacquetboats.
He also collected and studied postal history of United States postage stamps used outside the United States. and postal history of mail that traveled by various types of ships, including pacquetboats.
Stone was particularly interested in postage stamps of French colonies and stamps of the Danish West Indies. Robert Stone was often referred to as the “Dean of the French Colonies” and he wrote extensively on the subject. He edited the France and Colonies Philatelist from 1964 to 1994, and contributed many articles to lieutenant
Other significant work he authored include: “Danish West Indies Mails (1754–1917)” and “A Caribbean Neptune: The Maritime Postal Communications of the Greater and Lesser Antilles in the 19th Century.”.
He was honored by the Académie de philatélie (in Paris) by admitting him as the first American to be named a corresponding member of the club