Clifton A. (Clifton Armstrong) Howes

Clifton Armstrong Howes was an American writer and philatelist born in 1872 and died in 1936. Library of Congress authority data and public-domain library records identify him as the author of works on stamp collecting and postal history.

He is best known for Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery, a substantial study of Canadian postal issues that has been preserved by Project Gutenberg and other library collections. His writing focuses on the background, design, and development of stamps and stationery, making it useful not just for collectors but also for readers interested in how postal systems were documented in print.

Available source pages confirm his authorship and dates, but they do not provide much personal background beyond his bibliographic record. Because of that, the clearest picture that survives is of a careful specialist whose name remains tied to classic works in philately.