Confederate Stamp Alliance
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The Confederate Stamp Alliance is a philatelic
Philately
Philately is the study of stamps and postal history and other related items. Philately involves more than just stamp collecting, which does not necessarily involve the study of stamps. It is possible to be a philatelist without owning any stamps...

 organization dedicated to the collection and study of postage stamp
Postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. Typically, stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation and denomination on the face, and a gum adhesive on the reverse side...

s and postal history
Postal history
Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of postage stamps and covers and associated material illustrating historical episodes of postal systems...

 of the Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...

 (CSA). It is an affiliate (No. 73) of the American Philatelic Society
American Philatelic Society
The American Philatelic Society is the largest nonprofit stamp collecting and organization of philately in the world, with almost 44,000 members from 110 countries...

.

History

The Alliance was considered as a suggestion of Dr. Marye Y. Dabney to August Dietz
August Dietz
August Dietz was a philatelist, editor and publisher, who specialized in the study of mail and postal history of the Confederate States of America.-Early life:Dietz was born in Prussia on October 19, 1869...


in 1934 and established in 1935 under the cognizance of the famous CSA philatelist August Dietz, and by 1937 had already 85 active members.

Membership

Membership is available to all collectors and students of postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States of America. Application for membership may be accomplished on the Alliance’s website.

CSA conventions

The Alliance conducts an annual CSA Philatelic Convention and Exhibition held at various national stamp shows across the country, allowing CSA stamp collectors to meet and discuss their hobby, and to view exhibits of CSA postal history. Recent conventions were held in Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...

 (in 2008); Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg is an independent city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, USA. As of the 2010 Census, the city had an estimated population of 14,068. It is bordered by James City County and York County, and is an independent city...

 (2007); New York City
New York City
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 (2006 at the American Stamp Dealers Association
American Stamp Dealers Association
The American Stamp Dealers Association is an international philatelic organization of stamp dealers.-History:ASDA was founded in 1914 as an association “dedicated to promoting integrity, honesty and reliability, and we are the hobby builders of philately.” The ASDA is structured similarly to other...

 (ASDA) mega-event); McLean, Virginia
McLean, Virginia
McLean is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. The community had a total population of 48,115 as of the 2010 census....

 (2005 at NAPEX ’05); Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota is a city located in Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida. It is south of the Tampa Bay Area and north of Fort Myers...

 (2004 at the National Stamp Show); and, at St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

,(2003 at the St. Louis Stamp Expo).

Authentication services

The Alliance also provides authentication services for postal material of the CSA and issues Certificates of Authentication for stamps and covers found to be authentic. The service was founded and organized October 1, 1945 as the CSA Authentication Committee and has six voting members, including the Recording Secretary, and twelve consultants with expertise in specialty areas.

A basis of the authentication service is the Freeland-Hill-Gallagher Reference Collection—a collection of Confederate fakes, forgeries, and fantasies formed by the late Rev. Paul B. Freeland—which was donated to the Alliance in 1977 by Colonel John R. Hill Jr. and Colonel Scott Gallagher.

Confederate Philatelist

The official publication of the organization is its awards winning journal the Confederate Philatelist which is published quarterly. Previous publications of the organization were the Confederate Bulletin, from 1940 to 1952, and the Confederate Stamp Album, from 1956 to 1959, with The Confederate Philatelist starting publication in 1960.

CSA Catalog project

In 1929 August Dietz
August Dietz
August Dietz was a philatelist, editor and publisher, who specialized in the study of mail and postal history of the Confederate States of America.-Early life:Dietz was born in Prussia on October 19, 1869...

 published his famous The Postal Service of the Confederate States of America. It has been subsequently revised and updated, the last time in 1986 under the new title New Dietz Confederate States Catalog and Handbook. Rights to the book have been obtained by the Confederate Stamp Alliance, which plans to issue the latest version of the book in 2010 as the Confederate States Catalog and Handbook. Editor-in-chief of the project is Patricia A. (Trish) Kaufmann
Patricia A. (Trish) Kaufmann
Patricia A. Kaufmann of Lincoln, Delaware, is an expert on the postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States of America , and has written numerous articles on the subject. In addition to dealing in the sale of stamps, Ms...

 of Lincoln, Delaware
Lincoln, Delaware
Lincoln is a small unincorporated community in northern Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Seaford, Delaware Micropolitan Statistical Area. The planner that originally laid out the town planned for it to become the county seat. Lincoln lies on U.S. Route 113 between...

who is responsible for collecting philatelic inputs for the catalog update from members as well as non-members.
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