In the September 2024 issue of Les Iles Normandes, member Roger Cichorz was trying to get to grips with who P S J Clark was.
Peter Sidney John Clark was born on 31 March 1921 in Caterham, Surrey. His father was Sidney Clark. In 1939 he was living with his parents and older brother, Jack, at 52 Foxon Lane, Caterham, Surrey.
In 1941, he joined the Royal Regiment of Artillery with the service number 1817689. In 1952, he married Annemarie Katharina Van Kempen (1925-2011).
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he was the Honorary Secretary of The British Businessmen’s Club, with an address at Tannenstrasse 8, Düsseldorf, Germany.
As a Member of the Institute of British Engineers he used the postnominal M. Inst. B.E.
Peter Clark was an expertiser, and from 1961 he was a member of the Bund Philatelistischer Prüfer E.V., the leading German association for the examination of philatelic collectibles. His areas of expertise were of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands, Lundy Island, and Propaganda Forgeries. It was within these philatelic categories that he issued expertisation certificates.
In Surrey, he was at 122 Eldon Road, Caterham and he later moved to 68 Norman Avenue, Sanderstead, South Croydon. This address was one he used as a return address for items of post he had sent Poste Restante.
On 16 December 1990, Annemarie Katherina Clark and Peter Sidney John Clark were appointed Directors of Palex Consultants Ltd. This business services company was registered on 23 June 1988, and it was active until 31 March 1991.
Peter and Annemarie lived at 68 Norman Avenue until the end of their lives.
Peter Clark died on 23 March 2010, and Annemarie died on 26 October 2011.
Other than as an addressee on items of mail, Mark has found no references to a Patricia Clark associated with Peter and Annemarie.
