George Higlett

George Allen Higlett (1860–1940)^[1] was a Chartered Secretary and philatelist who was also a prolific philatelic author and won a gold medal for his display of Turkish stamps at the London International Stamp Exhibition in 1923.

George Higlett
Born	George Allen Higlett 1860
Died	1940(1940-00-00) (aged 79–80)
Nationality	British

Amongst Higlett's works were the humorous Higlett Booklets. Higlett also published under the pen name of Hig and G.A.H.^[2]

George Higlett was appointed to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1925.

Selected publications

• Turkey - Random Notes.
• Wonders of Navigation.
• A Colonial Venus. (Portugal 25c SG878 stamp)
• Olympic Football. (1924 Olympic Games)
• Still Talking. (Costa Rica 10c SG176 stamp)
• The Catamaran. (Fiji SG249, 251 & 257 stamps)
• The Envious Cockroach. (Spain 15c SG781 stamp)
• The Giraffe's Diet. (Nyassa Company 25c SG32 stamp)
• On collecting War Stamps, Perth, 1920.
• Gems from Jamaica, 1921. (Higlett Booklet No.5)
• Colombia: The 1918 issue of 3 centavos: the twenty types., circa 1923.
• Some Swedish philatelic portraits, Perth, 1924.
• Dutch Philatelic Art, Perth, 1925.
• Philatelic tutti-frutti (being satires on designs of postage stamps), Perth, 1928.