Eminent Philatelists Charles Nissen (1880-1944)
Feb 11, 2022
3 minutes
There is a strong argument for us to have slotted Charles Nissen a British philatelist, author and stamp dealer, into these proceedings after Edward Denny Bacon and before Charles Lanthrop Pack, writes Devlan Kruck. Nissen won the Crawford Medal in 1922 for the book he wrote with Bertram McGowan, which is basically the bible on the plating of the Penny Black.
I suggest this argument because Bacon won the Crawford medal the year before Nissen,
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