Walter Morley was a pioneering English philatelist, stamp dealer and philatelic author. The first address known for Morley is 186 West Green Road, Tottenham, London N. In 1898 his address is given as 15 Brownhill Gardens, Hither Green, Catford, London S.E. and by 1910 as 325 Brownhill Road, Catford, London S.E.
Philatelic publishing
Morley was responsible for many early works on revenue, railway and telegraph stamps, as author or publisher. His 1910 revenue catalogue lists his numerous exhibition medals, including Silver in Paris 1892, Gold in Paris 1894, Silver in London 1897 and Gold in Paris again in 1900, all for displays of Fiscal or Telegraph stamps. Morley also won many other medals and awards during his career. He published, with Fred G. Lundy, The Fiscal Philatelist and Revenue Stamp Guide: a monthly journal devoted to fiscal collectors, which ran from December 1892. In 1898 he and G.C. Lundy produced an Album for the Revenue Stamps of the British Colonies in two volumes. Later, he was responsible for Morley's Philatelic Journal, A Monthly Paper For Collectors of Postage, Revenue, Telegraph and Railway stamps between 1900 and 1908 which was edited by A. Preston and then Lionel Fulcher.
Walter Morley's roles as author or publisher often overlapped and it is likely that he was a contributor to many works where he is only credited as a publisher, hence all works published or authored by him are included here:
A Complete Priced Catalogue of the Postal and Telegraph Adhesives of Great Britain by Walter Morley, Herbert L'Estrange Ewen & Harry Hilckes: Hilckes, Kirkpatrick & Co., London, c. 1894.
Catalogue and Price List of the Stamps of Great Britain including Fiscals, Railway Stamps etc., 1895.
Walter Morley's Catalogue and Price List of the Revenue Stamps of the British Colonies, 1895.
Walter Morley’s Revised Catalogue and Price List of the Government Issued Envelopes, Registered Envelopes, Newsbands and Post Cards of Great Britain, 1897.
Album for the Revenue Stamps of the British Colonies, with G.C. Lundy, 1898.
Morley's Catalogue of the Telegraph Stamps of the World, 1900.
Morley’s Philatelic Journal, 1900-1908.
Catalogue of the Revenue Stamps of Spain and Colonies, including the American Occupation and Revolutionary Issues by L.W. Fulcher, 1902.
Catalogue of the Revenue Stamps of South America. Being a supplement to Morley's Philatelic Journal, 1901-04, 1904.
The Revenue Stamps of the Dominican Republic , 1904.
Catalogue of the Revenue Stamps of the United States, Mexico, and the States of Central America, published as a supplement to Morley's Philatelic Journal, 1905 - c. 1907.
Walter Morley's Catalogue of the Revenue Stamps of the British Colonies Including Railway Stamps, 3rd edition, London, 1910.
Walter Morley's Catalogue of the Revenue Stamps of the British Colonies including Railway Stamps, 3rd edition, Facsimile, Templar House Books, Reading, Berkshire, 2010.
