Confederate Stamp Alliance
| www.csalliance.org/ |  | ||
| Category | Philatelic Societies | ||
| Category/Country | Philatelic Societies/United States | ||
| Name | Trish Kaufmann | ||
| Country | United States |
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| Description |
National collecting organization specializing in the study of Confederate stamps and Postal History The Confederate Stamp Alliance, organized in 1935 and a non-political APS affiliate, offers an award winning world class full color publication chock full of original research, a newsletter, two national conventions a year, an authentication service, a mentor program and so much more. Much of the history of that short-lived political experiment, the Confederate States of America, was reflected in its stamps, covers, and other postal mementos. The bitter Civil War spanned the entire life of the Confederacy -- the four years from 1861 to 1865 -- and the marks and record of that great struggle are nowhere found more clearly than in the postal history of the "Lost Cause." There are hundreds of varieties of stampless, Handstamp Paid and Manuscript covers as well as Provisional adhesive stamps and envelopes used before the Confederate government could issue regular stamps. There are 17 major varieties of regular issue Confederate States stamps -- also minor varieties and endless shades. There are Prisoner-of-War and Flag-of-Truce covers, Express Company markings, Blockade-Run covers to and from Europe, College covers, Official and Semi-Official envelopes, Packet and Steamboat covers, Patriotic covers with their war mottos, covers showing use of United States stamps in the Confederacy, and many interesting letters. Won't you join us? | ||