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- Edward Benjamin Evans, RPS a British army officer, also known as "Major Evans", was a distinguished philatelist, stamp collector, and philatelic journalist. His philatelic specialization included Mauritius, the Confederate States of America, the Mulready envelopes, and the Indian feudatory states. Evans was born at Norwich, England, and commenced collecting stamps as a student at Uppingham Grammar School in 1861. He was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Artillery in 1867. Posted to Malta, he met Lieutenant Speranza, formerly Secretary of the London Philatelic Society, and studied Italian, which enabled him to translate and introduce Dr. Emilio Diena's work on the postal history of the Italian States to English speaking philatelists. Posted to Mauritius in 1876, Evans assembled an extraordinary collection of that country's stamps. These included a famous example of the One Penny Red "Post Office" Mauritius lightly postmarked on an envelope, which may have contained an invitation to the governor's ball, and several unused Two Pence "Post Paid" in indigo and dark blue. He sent a paper on these issues to the "Congrès International des Timbrophiles" at Paris in 1878, which earned an award from the Société Française de Timbrologie. In 1885, when Evans' collection was broken up, these (and many others) were bought by Thomas Tapling. They are now in the British Library. After giving up his general collection, Evans specialized in the stamps of the Confederate States, and published many articles on this subject in the Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal, which he edited for 23 years. His Confederate States collection was purchased by a New York City dealer, John Klemann of Nassau Stamp Co. , about 1914. He also wrote a series of excellent articles on the Indian feudatory states. Evans' study of the Mulready envelopes and satires was described in The Philatelic Record in 1891. Evans' Mulready collection, purchased by King George V, resides in the Royal Collection. Evans became a member of the Royal Philatelic Society London in 1875. He was one of the original three members of the RPS' Expert Committee in 1894, and helped edit and publish many of the Society's handbooks. Evans was Chairman of the Permanent Committee of the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain, 1911-1919. He served as one of the judges at the London Philatelic Exhibitions of 1890, 1897 and 1906. He received the Lindenberg Medal of the Berliner Philatelisten-Klub (Berlin Philatelic Club) in 1908, Major Evans was one of the first twenty on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921. Evans died at his residence at Cantley, Norfolk.
- Le major Edward Benjamin Evans (né en 1846 et mort en 1922) est un philatéliste anglais. Dans le North of England Stamp Review and Advertizer est publié sous un pseudonyme son premier article « On Stamp Collecting » en novembre 1864. En 1878 son article sur l'île Maurice, qu'il envoie au congrès international des philatélistes à Paris, lui vaut le plus haut prix de la Société française de philatélie. En 1882 au service de Pemberton, Wilson & Co. , il écrit « A Catalogue for Collector », et en 1891 un catalogue similaire pour CH Mekeel Publishing Co. aux États-Unis. Il publie aussi une nouvelle édition (en 2 suppléments) de « ELPemberton Philatelic Handbook » et « Stamps and stamp Collecting for young Collector » (Timbres et collection de timbres pour jeunes collectionneurs), en 1894. Il édite le journal mensuel Stanley Gibbons de 1890 à 1914. Il contribue aussi largement en 1900 à la rédaction du deuxième tome de « The Postage Stamps of the British Colonies, Possessions and Protectorates in Africa », en se consacrant plus particulièrement à la partie dédiée à l'île Maurice. Il est stationné à l'île Maurice où il se procure le premier timbre Post Office sur enveloppe. Sa collection se disperse en 1885, mais le Post Office ainsi que d'autres timbres sont rachetés par T.K. Tapling. Après 1885, il se spécialise dans la collection des timbres des États-Unis. Il fut président du comité exécutif permanent du Philatelic Congress of Great Britain (PCGB) de 1911 à 1919, ainsi que juge aux expositions philatéliques de Londres en 1890, 1897 et 1906.
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- Edward Benjamin Evans, RPS a British army officer, also known as "Major Evans", was a distinguished philatelist, stamp collector, and philatelic journalist. His philatelic specialization included Mauritius, the Confederate States of America, the Mulready envelopes, and the Indian feudatory states. Evans was born at Norwich, England, and commenced collecting stamps as a student at Uppingham Grammar School in 1861. He was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Artillery in 1867.
- Le major Edward Benjamin Evans (né en 1846 et mort en 1922) est un philatéliste anglais. Dans le North of England Stamp Review and Advertizer est publié sous un pseudonyme son premier article « On Stamp Collecting » en novembre 1864. En 1878 son article sur l'île Maurice, qu'il envoie au congrès international des philatélistes à Paris, lui vaut le plus haut prix de la Société française de philatélie. En 1882 au service de Pemberton, Wilson & Co.
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