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'''Alan Manfred Holyoake''' (born December 1945) is a British businessman and [[philatelist]] who is a specialist in the stamps and [[postal history]] of Great Britain and a fellow of the [[Royal Philatelic Society London]].
Holyoake "made his fortune in the fish business" and first invested in stamps when he read a May 2001 ''Daily Telegraph'' article about [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] selling part of her stamp collection, which he subsequently bought. In 2016, the ''Sunday Telegraph'' described him as "one of the world's most successful stamp collectors".<ref name=Furness>{{cite news|title=How one man put his stamp on the world of philately|first=Hannah|last=Furness|work=Sunday Telegraph|date=6 November 2016|page=12}} {{ProQuest|1866354029}}</ref>
Holyoake was awarded the Grand Prix for the best exhibit at the [[London 2010 International Stamp Exhibition]] for his display of ''The First Line Engraved Postage Stamps''.<ref>[https://www.webcitation.org/6DOwBchOy London 2010 International Stamp Exhibition Palmares, p. 4.]</ref> In 2017 he was appointed to the [[Roll of Distinguished Philatelists]].<ref name=roll2017>"Roll of Distinguished Philatelists", Jon Aitchison, ''[[The London Philatelist]]'', Vol. 126, No. 1445 (May 2017), pp. 194-195.</ref>▼
▲Holyoake was awarded the Grand Prix for the best exhibit at the [[London 2010 International Stamp Exhibition]] for his display of ''The First Line Engraved Postage Stamps''.<ref>[https://
In December 2021, a stamp owned by Holyoake, described as the first [[Penny Black]], attached to a piece of card known as the "Wallace document", was offered for sale through action by [[Sotheby's]].<ref name=Sherwood>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/oct/26/first-penny-black-stamp-auction-sothebys|title=First penny black stamp could fetch up to £6m at auction|first=Harriet|last=Sherwood|work=The Guardian|date=26 October 2021|accessdate=28 September 2024}}</ref> However, it failed to sell.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.linns.com/news/auctions/earliest-dated-penny-black-fails-to-sell-at-dec.-7-sotheby-s-auction|title= Earliest dated Penny Black fails to sell at Dec. 7 Sotheby's auction|first=Charles|last=Snee|work=Linn's Stamp News|date=9 December 2021|accessdate=28 September 2024}}</ref> Holyoake had bought the document a decade earlier for less than £50,000, when it was rumoured that the stamp was one of the first Penny Blacks to have been printed. In the intervening period, the [[Royal Philatelic Society]] and the [[British Philatelic Association]] had certified the stamp, significantly raising its value.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.euronews.com/culture/2021/10/26/a-4-million-piece-of-paper-why-the-world-s-first-postal-stamp-is-worth-it|title= A €4 million piece of paper: Why the world's first postal stamp is worth it|first=Shannon|last=McDonagh|publisher=Euronews|date=26 October 2021|accessdate=29 September 2024}}</ref>
==Selected publications==
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