Raife Wellsted

Raife Wellsted

Raife William Wellsted (21 July 1929 – 9 August 2012)[1] was a British philatelist who was added to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1985.[2]

Wellsted was appointed the third curator of the British National Postal Museum in 1980. He was suspended in December 1985 after stamps from the collection were found to be missing.[3] He was arrested in May 1986[4] and jailed in 1987.

Wellsted was president of the Postal History Society in 1965 and 1981.

References

1. Birch, Brian. (2013) Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers Archived 6 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine. 13th edition. Standish, Wigan: Brian Birch, p. 2530.
2. Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011, Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011.
3. "Stamp chief suspended in £3m inquiry." The Times, 5 December 1985, p. 2.
4. "Stamp chief arrested." The Times, 9 May 1986, p. 5.