C. S. F. Crofton

Charles Stanhope Foster Crofton (16 April 1873 – April 1909) was a British philatelist and a member of the Indian Civil Service.

Early life

Crofton was the only son of Major Henry Crofton.^[1] He was educated at Harrow^[2] and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[3]

Philately

Crofton specialised in the philately of India and Ceylon. He had a special interest in the telegraph and revenue stamps of the area. He was a member of the Philatelic Society of India and for a time edited the Philatelic Journal of India. He was also a member of The Fiscal Philatelic Society.

He wrote most of part II (telegraph stamps) of The Postage and Telegraph Stamps of British India.^[1] His Fiscal and Telegraph Stamps of Ceylon was published posthumously from his notes after editing by B. Gordon-Jones.

Death

Crofton died from cholera in Ahmednagar, Deccan where he was the resident magistrate and collector.^[1]

Selected publications

• The Adhesive Fiscal and Telegraph Stamps of British India. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1905. (With Wilmot Corfield)
• The Postage and Telegraph Stamps of British India. London: Stanley Gibbons for the Philatelic Society of India, 1907. (With L.L.R. Hausburg and C. Stewart-Wilson.)
• The Fiscal and Telegraph Stamps of Ceylon. Ed. B. Gordon Jones. London: Bridger & Kay for the Philatelic Society of India, 1911. (Posthumously)