Ernest Anthony Kehr

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|name = Ernest Anthony Kehr

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|institutions = Collectors Club of New York

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|significant_projects = Promoted stamp collecting in various media, including over 2,000 shows on radio and television.

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|significant_awards = Lichtenstein Medal
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Ernest Anthony Kehr (September 10, 1911 – November 13, 19867 November 1986, according to the [http://www.abps.org.uk/Awards/Roll_of_Distinguished_Philatelists/RDP_Background_20111231_LR.pdf Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011], Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130819000841/http://abps.org.uk/Awards/Roll_of_Distinguished_Philatelists/RDP_Background_20111231_LR.pdf Archived here.]), of New York City, was a promoter and spokesman of stamp collecting, creating interest for the hobby using all media at the time, including radio, television, books, articles and newspapers columns devoted to philately; an American philatelist who was added to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1975.

Philatelic literature

Kehr had philatelic columns in numerous newspapers, including the New York World-Telegram, the New York Herald Tribune, and Long Island’s Newsday. On radio and television, he promoted philately in over two thousand shows. He wrote several books, with the most popular one being “The Romance of Stamp Collecting” published in 1947.

Philatelic activity

Kehr was active in the Collectors Club of New York and wrote numerous articles in their philatelic publications. He was the special representative for the United States for the Royal Philatelic Society London.

Honors and awards

Besides being named an Honorary Fellow of the Collectors Club of New York, Kehr received the Lichtenstein Medal in 1974, signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1975, and was awarded the Luff Award in 1976 for Exceptional Contributions to Philately. He was named to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame in 1987.