Philatelists in 1991, the first woman to do so since 1976, and subsequently became the only non-resident member of the Consilium Philateliae Helveticae (Council of Swiss Philately), a society whose members are mostly former presidents of Swiss philatelic societies. Death and legacy Alma Lee died on 2 July 2000. Her funeral was at Golders Green Crematorium in north London. She received obituaries in the British Philatelic Bulletin and The London Philatelist. Her Swiss collection was sold at auction by Peter Rapp in eight instalments in 2001 after a representative selection had been extracted for the Royal Philatelic Society London's own purposes. The society instituted the Lee Medal in 2002 in memory of Alma and her husband Ron for displays given at the society by members. It was first awarded in 2002 to Joseph Hackmey for his display and accompanying paper, "Chile – the Colon (Columbus) Heads." Selected publications Articles "Papers Adopted for the Stamps of Switzerland from 1854", The London Philatelist, Vol. 93, No. 1097-98 (1980), pp. 65–67. "An Outline of the Problems of the Postal History of Switzerland", The London Philatelist, Vol. 94, No. 1115-16 (1985), pp. 182–187. "Philatelic Knowledge & Rarity in Thematic Collections", The London Philatelist, Vol. 96, No. 1139-40 (1986), pp. 182–185. "International Jurors", The London Philatelist, Vol. 97, No. 1145-46 (1989), pp. 76–78. "The 'Zemstvo' Postage Stamps of Imperial Russia", The London Philatelist, Vol. 100, No. 1180 (1991), pp. 66–77. Books Introducing Thematic Collecting. British Philatelic Trust in conjunction with the National Philatelic Society, 1983. (Edited by Richard West) References External links British philatelists 1914 births 2000 deaths Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Fellows of the Royal Philatelic Society London Place of birth missing Women philatelists Philately of Switzerland Swiss emigrants to the United Kingdom Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom British women