Herbert Oldfield

{{Short description|British philatelist and solicitor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Herbert Rooke Oldfield | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name =  | birth_date = 1850 | birth_place = | death_date = 22 December {{death year and age|1940|1859}} | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Philatelist | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}

'''Herbert Rooke Oldfield''' (1859 – 22 December 1940) was a British solicitor and philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1922.<ref>''[http://www.abps.org.uk/Awards/Roll_of_Distinguished_Philatelists/RDP_Background_20111231_LR.pdf Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011]'', Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130819000841/http://abps.org.uk/Awards/Roll_of_Distinguished_Philatelists/RDP_Background_20111231_LR.pdf Archived here.]</ref><ref name=abps>[http://www.abps.org.uk/Home/Who_Was_Who/index.xalter#M Who Was Who in British Philately], Association of British Philatelic Societies, 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110713234319/http://www.abps.org.uk/Home/Who_Was_Who/index.xalter Archived here.]</ref>

Oldfield was president of the International Philatelic Union and honorary secretary, 1895, of the Society for the Suppression of Speculative Issues. He collected India, Bolivia, Bosnia, Chinese locals and Formosa, Colombia, Persia, and Swiss Cantonals.<ref name=abps/> ==References== {{Reflist}}

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