Frederick Booty (1841-1924)

Frederick Booty's published Stamp Collector's guide

Frederick William Booty was an artist, art historian and author of the very first illustrated guide to stamp collecting.

Born in Brighton.

In his early twenties Booty published his "Aids to Stamp Collectors, being a list of British and Foreign Postage Stamps in Circulation since 1840 - by a Stamp Collector" in April 1862. It was just weeks before a more succesful publication by Mount Brown.

Later in the year, he published a fully illustrated catalogue, detailing 1100 stamps: Collector’s Guide; being a list of English and Foreign Postage Stamps, with 200 fac-simile drawings.

Frederick Booty's personally illustrated and authored catalogue

Booty was also a highly skilled watercolour landscape artist, and many of his pieces are still sold at auction today. Most of his work is of Yorkshire, notably the coast.