{{short description|American philatelist}} '''John McClure Hotchner''' is an American philatelist and philatelic writer. In 2013, he received the Charles J. Peterson Philatelic Literature Life Achievement award from the American Philatelic Society.<ref>[https://stamps.org/Portals/0/Awards/Peterson_Award_Hotchner.pdf Charles J. Peterson Philatelic Literature Life Achievement 2013 Award Winner John M. Hotchner.] 2013.</ref> He was a member of the National Postal Museum Council of Philatelists of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum.<ref>[https://postalmuseum.si.edu/council-of-philatelists#emeriti National Postal Museum Council of Philatelists Emeriti.] Smithsonian National Postal Museum. Retrieved 16 July 2017.</ref> In 2017 he was appointed to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists.<ref name=roll2017>"Roll of Distinguished Philatelists", Jon Aitchison, ''The London Philatelist'', Vol. 126, No. 1445 (May 2017), pp. 194-195.</ref>
He was employed with the United States Department of State for 42 years and the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center.
==Selected publications== * ''Facts and Fantasy About Philately''. 21st Century Stamp Company, 1992. (Anthology)
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