Edward (Ted) Proud was a British Postal Historian, philatelic author and dealer who helped in establishing Postal History as a leading philatelic discipline. He published over eighty volumes of The Postal History of the British Empire and associated titles. During his research for these books he amassed a large archive of scanned material which is now available here as a result of his and his family’s generosity. Ted joined the RPSL as soon as he was allowed to and was honoured with a Fellowship in 2010. He was invited to sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 2016.