Ernst Max Cohn (March 31, 1920 – December 30, 2004), was a multi-lingual philatelic researcher and expert from

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, who advocated re-researching original philatelic sources rather than relying on subsequent published

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Collecting interests

Cohn was particularly interested in the siege mail of the Franco-German War of 1870–71 although his collecting interests were previously more widespread.

Philatelic literature

Ernst Cohn authored a number of books during his philatelic career, including: ''Die “Papillons” von Metz'' (1976), ''The Flight of the “Ville d’Orleans'' (1978), ''Ordinary Mail by Diplomatic Means'' (1995), ''Unusual Mail in Occupied France 1870–1871'' (2000), and ''A Book of Postal History'' (1988) which contained many of his articles he had previously written for

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Philatelic activity

Cohn was a member of the most important philatelic societies in the

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and the

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. At the

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, he served a number of posts, including representative to the FIP Postal History Commission and on the Postal History Committee. At the Postal History Society he held a number of posts including president and associate editor.

Honors and awards

Ernst Cohn was awarded the Luff Award for distinguished philatelic research in 1995 and the Lichtenstein award for distinguished service to philately in 2004. He received recognition for his work from the American Philatelic Congress, the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Aérophilatéliques (FISA), the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP), and others. He was named to the

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in 2006.

References

Ernst Max Cohn
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cohn, Ernst Max 1920 births 2004 deaths American philatelists Writers from Alabama Place of birth missing American Philatelic Society