KENNETH ROBERT LAKE
July 3 1931 - January 23 2005

THE passing of Ken Lake leaves a void in the world of philately which cannot be filled. His perception of the stamp world and his inimitable style of writing graced these pages for four decades ... having developed a boyhood interest in stamps, he entered the philatelic world professionally in 1961 as a writer. Over the years he contributed well over 1000 articles to many magazines in Britain, North America, Australia, South Africa, and France, and had three books published ... in July 1967 he was appointed advertisement manager at Stamp Collecting Weekly ... in December 1969 he joined Stanley Gibbons Ltd ... he joined the London philatelists David Field Ltd, where he eventually became managing director ... in July 1975 he set up the general stamp and postcard company Lake & Brooks Ltd ... always his ‘own man’, Ken reverted to full-time freelance writing ... at the age of 61, in the autumn of 1992, he embarked on a 19-month round-the-world odyssey ... He is survived by his younger sister, Margaret Challenger, who lives in Canada, to whom we extend our sincerest condolences.

The full version of Ken Lake's obituary can be read in the March 2005 Philatelic Exporter.