Wing Commander Peter Ingram Padget (4 April 1919 – 6 May 2010)[1] was a
Royal Air Force officer and
philatelist who was a specialist in the stamps of China. He wrote extensive on the subject and his articles appeared in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, the China Clipper, the Journal of Chinese Philately and The London Philatelist.
Padget was born in
Alverthorpe, Yorkshire, England. His collection of
Wei Hai Wei (Shantung China) was sold by John Bull Auctions in 1990.
Selected publications
The postal stationery of the People's Republic of China, 1949-65. Batley, Yorkshire: Harry Hayes, 1975. (Originally published in serial form in the Journal of Chinese Philately.)