I am sad to report the death of Andrew Cronin (1925-2012) of Canada on 23rd March. He was a lifelong philatelist having been a Fellow of The Royal Philatelic Society London and a member since 1953; only five Fellows having been in membership longer. He was a Fellow of The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada since 1990.

Andrew was a Past President of the Hellenic Philatelic Society of America (1970-72), Editor of The Rossica Society of Russian Philately (1968-74). He is the author of The Postage Stamps of Moschopolis, 1977, and The Postmarks of Northern Epirus 1912-20, 1978. He contributed several leading articles to Fakes, Forgeries, Experts and to The London Philatelist. He was the winner of The Royal Philatelic Society London’s Tapling Medal in 1996.

David Beech