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James Alfred Birch

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James Alfred Birch
Born(1888-10-08)8 October 1888
Died11 December 1969(1969-12-11) (aged 81)
NationalityBritish
OccupationPhilatelist

James Alfred Birch (8 October 1888 – 11 December 1969) was a British philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1960.[1]

Birch had award-winning collections of the stamps of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Danish West Indies, Greenland, and Faroe Islands. He was a writer for numerous journals on Scandinavian topics and was awarded the Medal of Honour by the Copenhagen Philatelic Club for distinguished work in Danish philately.[2]

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