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Arthur Thomas Bate (28 January 1855 – 14 January 1922) was a New Zealand sharebroker, public servant and philatelist.

Biography

Born in Saint Helier, Jersey on 28 January 1855, Bate was employed as a "lad clerk" in the accountants department of the Great Western Railway at Paddington Station, London from 1872 to 1874.[1] He emigrated to New Zealand in 1874 on the ship Langstone and settled in Wellington. He was a public servant for 18 years, rising to the rank of ministerial private secretary. In 1893 he went into business on his own account, becoming a land, financial, insurance and general commission agent and sharebroker.[2] He served as chairman of the Wellington Stock Exchange from 1909 for seven years.[3]

Outside of business, Bate served as secretary of the Wellington Rugby Football Union and the Wellington Cricket Association and as a member of the New Zealand Rugby Union.[3]

He died in Wellington on 14 January 1922 and was buried at Karori Cemetery.[4][5]

Philately

He was the curator of the New Zealand government stamp collection[6] and was entered on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921.[7]

In the world of philately, his death resulted in obituaries in the Australian Philatelist, Stamp Collecting, Australian Stamp Journal, Stamp Herald and the New Zealand Stamp Collector.

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