# Max G. Johl

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{{Short description|American philatelist}}
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| organizations = [Collectors Club of New York](/source/Collectors_Club_of_New_York)
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'''Col. Max G. Johl''' (October 26, 1900 – March 31, 1957) of [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut), was an American [philatelist](/source/Philately) who specialized in the collecting of, and writing [philatelic literature](/source/philatelic_literature) on, United States [postage stamp](/source/postage_stamp)s.

==Collecting interests==
Johl’s stamp collecting interests consisted of 20th Century postage stamps of the United States. Along with [Beverly Sedgwick King](/source/Beverly_Sedgwick_King), he co-authored “United States Postage Stamps of the Twentieth Century” (Vol. 1, 1932; Vol. 2, 1934).

Co-author Beverly King died in 1935, and Johl continued the work on “United States Postage Stamps of the Twentieth Century” and completed volume 3 in 1935 and volume 4 in 1938. He revised and enlarged volume 1 in 1937.

In 1947 he published his work “The United States Commemorative Stamps of the Twentieth Century, 1902-1947”  in two volumes.

==Philatelic activity==
Johl served as an officer at the [Collectors Club of New York](/source/Collectors_Club_of_New_York) and was an officer and judge at CIPEX (Centenary International Philatelic Exhibition) in 1947.

==Honors and awards==
Johl received numerous awards and honors including the [Crawford Medal](/source/Crawford_Medal) from the [Royal Philatelic Society](/source/Royal_Philatelic_Society), London, as well as the [Luff Award](/source/Luff_Award) in 1950 and, in 1957, he signed the [Roll of Distinguished Philatelists](/source/Roll_of_Distinguished_Philatelists). He was named to the [American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame](/source/American_Philatelic_Society_Hall_of_Fame) in 1957.

==See also==
* [Philately](/source/Philately)
* [Philatelic literature](/source/Philatelic_literature)

==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091102075807/http://www.stamps.org/Almanac/alm_HallofFame_1955-59.htm#Johl Max G. Johl]

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