Robin "Bob" F. Schoolley-West (born 12 December 1937, Brighton,[1] died 14 July 2012,[2] Dartford, Kent) was a former Head of the Philatelic Collections at the British Library (originally part of the British Museum).

He joined the Museum in 1973 after he investigated, as a police officer, the theft of items from the philatelic collections by James Mackay. In the mid-1980s he took an active part in tracking down forgeries of classic stamps made by Pro-Phila Forum in Germany based on photographs taken by a visitor to the Library.[3]

Schoolley-West retired in 1991 and was succeeded at the British Library by his former assistant, David Beech.

References

  1. ↑ General Register Office birth entry, Brighton registration district, October–December 1937, Volume 2b Page 230
  2. ↑ "Membership News" in The London Philatelist, July–August 2012, No. 1397, Vol. 121, p. 236.
  3. ↑ "Library uncovers fake stamp haul" by Sarah Jane Checkland in The Times, 25 November 1987, p. 6.

Publications

  • Stamps, British Library, London, 1987. ISBN 0712301275
  • The Care and Preservation of Philatelic Materials, British Library, London, 1989. (With T.J. Collings) ISBN 0712301364


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