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[[File:Thomas Ridpath.png|thumb|Thomas Ridpath]]
[[File:British Guiana 1856 1c magenta stamp.jpg|thumb|British Guiana 1856 1c magenta stamp]]
[[File:1869 24c United States stamps with inverted centre.jpg|thumb|The block of four of the 1869 24c United States stamps with inverted centre sold by Ridpath.<ref name=eden>[https://ift.tt/2U0M8X6 "The 1889 Eden Musee Exhibition"] in ''The Siegel Despatch'', No. 60 (Fall 2018), p. 7.</ref>]]
'''Thomas Ridpath''' (c. 1851 - 28 October 1900) was a Liverpool stamp dealer who handled some of the greatest rarities in philately.
==Early life and family==
Thomas Ridpath was born in Lancashire around 1851 to William Ridpath, a tailor, and his wife Maria.<ref>https://ift.tt/2BJHoy9> He married Lydia.<ref>https://ift.tt/2TY5so3>
==Career==
Ridpath began as a stamp dealer in the firm of Young and Stockall but went into business on his own account in 1877.<ref>"Death of Mr. T. Ridpath." ''[[Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal]]'', Vol. XI, No. 125 (30 November 1900), p. 93.</ref> He described himself in censuses as an "importer of foreign goods".<ref>https://ift.tt/2BKOZMD> Trading from Liverpool's Church Street, he handled some of the greatest rarities in philately.
In 1878 he bought the collection of N. R. McKinnon which included the [[British Guiana 1856 1c magenta]] stamp.
Around 1888 he bought the unique block of four of the 1869 24c United States stamps with inverted centre.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2TXDh8x ''United States Stamp Treasures: The William H. Gross Collection.''] Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, 2018. pp. 196-201. [https://ift.tt/2BI2L2M Archived here.]</ref>
==Death==
Ridpath died at Bedford Street, Liverpool, on 28 October 1900. He left an estate of £1,985 and probate was granted to his wife Lydia.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2TYL1XY 1901 Probate Calendar.] p. 300.</ref>
==References==
==External links==
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[[Category:1850s births]]
[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]
[[Category:1900 deaths]]
[[Category:British stamp dealers]]
[[Category:People from Lancashire]]
[[File:Thomas Ridpath.png|thumb|Thomas Ridpath]]
[[File:British Guiana 1856 1c magenta stamp.jpg|thumb|British Guiana 1856 1c magenta stamp]]
[[File:1869 24c United States stamps with inverted centre.jpg|thumb|The block of four of the 1869 24c United States stamps with inverted centre sold by Ridpath.<ref name=eden>[https://ift.tt/2U0M8X6 "The 1889 Eden Musee Exhibition"] in ''The Siegel Despatch'', No. 60 (Fall 2018), p. 7.</ref>]]
'''Thomas Ridpath''' (c. 1851 - 28 October 1900) was a Liverpool stamp dealer who handled some of the greatest rarities in philately.
==Early life and family==
Thomas Ridpath was born in Lancashire around 1851 to William Ridpath, a tailor, and his wife Maria.<ref>https://ift.tt/2BJHoy9> He married Lydia.<ref>https://ift.tt/2TY5so3>
==Career==
Ridpath began as a stamp dealer in the firm of Young and Stockall but went into business on his own account in 1877.<ref>"Death of Mr. T. Ridpath." ''[[Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal]]'', Vol. XI, No. 125 (30 November 1900), p. 93.</ref> He described himself in censuses as an "importer of foreign goods".<ref>https://ift.tt/2BKOZMD> Trading from Liverpool's Church Street, he handled some of the greatest rarities in philately.
In 1878 he bought the collection of N. R. McKinnon which included the [[British Guiana 1856 1c magenta]] stamp.
Around 1888 he bought the unique block of four of the 1869 24c United States stamps with inverted centre.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2TXDh8x ''United States Stamp Treasures: The William H. Gross Collection.''] Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, 2018. pp. 196-201. [https://ift.tt/2BI2L2M Archived here.]</ref>
==Death==
Ridpath died at Bedford Street, Liverpool, on 28 October 1900. He left an estate of £1,985 and probate was granted to his wife Lydia.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2TYL1XY 1901 Probate Calendar.] p. 300.</ref>
==References==
==External links==
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[[Category:1850s births]]
[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]
[[Category:1900 deaths]]
[[Category:British stamp dealers]]
[[Category:People from Lancashire]]
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