Ernst Max Cohn
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Ernst Max Cohn | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 31, 1920 |
| Died | December 30, 2004 (aged 84) |
| Engineering career | |
| Institutions | American Philatelic Society |
| Projects | Wrote books and articles on postal history; served in various philatelic societies |
| Awards | Lichtenstein Medal APS Hall of Fame Luff Award |
Ernst Max Cohn (March 31, 1920 – December 30, 2004), was a multi-lingual philatelic researcher and expert from Alabama, who advocated re-researching original philatelic sources rather than relying on subsequent published philatelic literature.
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 The American Philatelist.
