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Herbert Oldfield

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Herbert Rooke Oldfield
Born1850
Died22 December 1940 (aged 80–81)
NationalityBritish
OccupationPhilatelist

Herbert Rooke Oldfield (1859 – 22 December 1940) was a British solicitor and philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1922.[1][2]

Oldfield was president of the International Philatelic Union and honorary secretary, 1895, of the Society for the Suppression of Speculative Issues. He collected India, Bolivia, Bosnia, Chinese locals and Formosa, Colombia, Persia, and Swiss Cantonals.[2]

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