Peter Feltus
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Peter Randolph Feltus is an American philatelist who is an expert on the revenue stamp
s of Egypt and Sudan. He is a member of the American Philatelic Society
, the Sudan Study Group and, since 1962, the Egypt Study Circle.
Peter Feltus was born in New Orleans and educated at Tulane University and the University of Hong Kong. He was awarded a B.A. degree in philosophy by the University of California at Berkeley in 1969.
In 1982 he published the first detailed catalogue of Egyptian and Sudanese revenue stamps. Feltus visited Egypt five times in order to prepare the catalogue which, apart from normal Egyptian revenue stamps, included descriptions of cinderella stamp
s, inter-postal seals and stamps incorporating deliberate errors produced for the collections of King Fuad and King Farouk.
Revenue stamp
A revenue stamp, tax stamp or fiscal stamp is a adhesive label used to collect taxes or fees on documents, tobacco, alcoholic drinks, drugs and medicines, playing cards, hunting licenses, firearm registration, and many other things...
s of Egypt and Sudan. He is a member of the American Philatelic Society
American Philatelic Society
The American Philatelic Society is the largest nonprofit stamp collecting and organization of philately in the world, with almost 44,000 members from 110 countries...
, the Sudan Study Group and, since 1962, the Egypt Study Circle.
Peter Feltus was born in New Orleans and educated at Tulane University and the University of Hong Kong. He was awarded a B.A. degree in philosophy by the University of California at Berkeley in 1969.
In 1982 he published the first detailed catalogue of Egyptian and Sudanese revenue stamps. Feltus visited Egypt five times in order to prepare the catalogue which, apart from normal Egyptian revenue stamps, included descriptions of cinderella stamp
Cinderella stamp
In philately, a cinderella stamp has been defined as "Virtually anything resembling a postage stamp, but not issued for postal purposes by a government postal administration..." The term also excludes imprinted stamps on postal stationery.- Types :...
s, inter-postal seals and stamps incorporating deliberate errors produced for the collections of King Fuad and King Farouk.
Publications
- Catalogue of Egyptian Revenue Stamps with Sudanese Revenues & Egyptian Cinderellas. Southfield, MI: Postilion Publications, 1982. ISBN 0941480011.
- Egyptian postal markings of 1865 through 1879. Oakland, CA: Peter R. Feltus, 1983.
- "The IAFFA Egyptian postmark and the Khedivial Ship Routes" in The Levant, Volume 5, Number 3 (September 2009).