Author Information

Jeffrey Booth has long been a serious and advanced collector of GB First Day Covers and is well known in the field. His knowledge and experience go back to the very beginning of the catalogue in 1972. He was much involved in its inception with Tony Buckingham and Bernard Townsend and acquired the Collect GB First Day Covers catalogue from Tony Buckingham in 1992. It has changed a lot since then over time, to become the leading reference guide that it is today in GB First Day Covers.

Jeffrey Booth has edited and published the last ten Editions of the catalogue and over this period has illustrated much of his collection through its pages. The catalogue is recognized and referred to by many Dealers, Auction Companies and Collectors, both in the UK and overseas.

Jeffrey Booth has been involved in designing first day covers and sponsoring official postmarks through Royal Mail. In addition he is a keen collector in the field of aero philately, particularly the 1911 India and UK Aerial Post Events.