Christoph Otto Müller

Christoph Otto Müller (born September 27, 1894 in Munich ; † May 7, 1967 ) was a German philatelist and long-time director of the Munich Philatelic Library.

Life

From a young age he was a stamp collector and from 1938 to 1946 he was honorary director of the Philatelic Library in Munich. Their holdings were preserved through the Second World War . From 1947 he was the full-time director of this library. Soon he was appointed head of the Federal Agency for Philatelic Literature by the Association of German Philatelists . He founded the "Literature News" series for philatelists. He regularly compiled articles from over 100 journals for research purposes as references.

Memberships

• Founding member of the AIJP (Association Internationale des Journalistes Philatélique)
• since 1953 he was a member of the postmark guild

Awards

• 1953 Kalckhoff Medal

Works

Among other things, he wrote various philatelic bibliographies on old German postal areas, some of which are still unmatched in their kind:

• Baden bibliography with 16 p. From 1960, Duisburg: Society for philatelic literature
• Bavaria bibliography with 36 p. From 1961, Duisburg: Society for philatelic literature
• Prussia bibliography with 12 pages from 1961
• Saar Bibliography pp. 9–12 from 1962 as a journal article
• Saxony bibliography with 8 pages from 1965
• Schleswig-Holstein bibliography with 8 pages from 1950, self-published
• Thurn and Taxis bibliography with 20 p. From 1967, Duisburg: Society for philatelic literature
• Württemberg bibliography with 20 pages from 1951, self-published

literature

• Collectors magnifying glass No. 12/1953
• Helmut Oeleker: On the 50th anniversary of the death of Christoph Otto Müller In: Gildebrief der Poststempelgilde eV No. 251 from February 2017, pp. 18-21

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bdph Association Communications No. 19 of September 1953, p. 12