E. Victor Toeg | |
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Born | 2 February 1916 Shanghai, China |
Died | 28 July 2010 | (aged 94)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Solicitor |
Known for | Philatelic collecting and writing |
Notable work | Dominica: Postal History, Stamps and Postal Stationery to 1935 (1994) |
Ezekiel Victor Toeg FRPSL (2 February 1916 – 28 July 2010) was a British solicitor and philatelist who specialised in the postage stamps and postal history of the British West Indies (BWI) and Caribbean. His collection of Antigua won two gold medals at international stamp exhibitions and included a 1693 letter to London that was described in 1990 as the earliest known letter from the island. He wrote a book on the adhesive fees stamps of the Leeward Islands (1991) and completed a survey of the stamps and postal history of the island of Dominica to 1935 (1994). He was president of the British West Indies Study Circle (BWISC) from 1968 until his death in 2010.