John R. Boker, Jr

John R. Boker, Jr
Personal details
Born	29 January 1913 New York City
Died	12 April 2003 Scarsdale, New York
Nativity	United States
Religion	Protestant
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Arm / service	Infantry
ASN	01283197
Rank	Major
Rank at Ritchie	Captain
Camp Ritchie	Class 12 (27 September – 25 November 1943)

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John Robert Boker Jr. (January 29, 1913 – April 12, 2003) was an American philatelist who amassed some of the most prestigious collections of 19th century stamps ever seen by stamp collectors. Before his death in 2003, the Collectors Club of New York declared him, in 1996, to be the "outstanding philatelist of the last half of the twentieth century."

Biography

John Robert Boker Jr. (January 29, 1913 – April 12, 2003) was an American philatelist who amassed some of the most prestigious collections of 19th century stamps ever seen by stamp collectors. Before his death in 2003, the Collectors Club of New York declared him, in 1996, to be the "outstanding philatelist of the last half of the twentieth century."

The sale of his German States stamp collection, from 1985 to 2000, was so extensive that it required eighteen auctions by Köhler to complete its sale. The illustrated auction catalogs of this sale represent a significant contribution to philatelic literature and philatelic knowledge.

Research notes

• FH MI Hall of Fame

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	90
Class_ASN	283197
Class_Name	BOKER, John R.
match_method	asn_partial_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• Born 19 January 1913 in NYC.
• Inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame.
• Promoted to Major.
• Served with CSDIC.

Sources

• Wikipedia: John Robert Boker Jr.
• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of John R. Jr Boker for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Boker, John R. Jr for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: JOHN BOKER Jr.doc)