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Philatelic Societies
American Philatelic Society - The APS was founded in 1887 and
is the world's largest collector organization with members in
110 countries.
Confederate
Stamp Alliance - The CSA was founded in 1935 and is a non-political
organization dedicated to fraternity, research, and cooperation
among collectors of Confederate stamps and postal history. Advantages
include the CSA Authentication Service and an award winning quarterly
journal, The Confederate Philatelist. Click here to download a CSA
membership application in PDF format. Can't
open PDF files? The PDF format is viewable with free software
- Adobe
Acrobat Reader. If you don't have this, you can download
it for free here.
U.S. Philatelic Classics Society - The USPCS is the successor
of "The Three Cent 1851-57 Unit" (Unit Number 11) of
the American Philatelic Society. It was originally founded by
a group of '51 to '57 specialists that included Dr. Carroll Chase,
Stanley B. Ashbrook, and Leo J. Shaughnessy. Since its founding,
the Classics Society has broadened its scope to include postal
issues and postal history from the stampless era up to the Bureau
Issues, as well as the occasional Confederate. Membership advantages
include the award winning quarterly magazine, The Chronicle.
Confederate Postal History Projects
Confederate
States Catalog and Handbook - In October 2006 the Confederate
Stamp Alliance announced acquisition of the rights to the New
Dietz Confederate States Catalog and Handbook, last published
in 1986. The 21st century edition of the Confederate States
Catalog and Handbook is long overdue and will no doubt be
in much demand by collectors, serious students and dealers. The
new catalog will take advantage of all of the marvelous changes
in technology that have occurred in the past two decades, including
the strong likelihood of a full color catalog. The publication
goal is 2010, in attempt to coincide with the 75th anniversary
of the Confederate Stamp Alliance. The Alliance 75th anniversary
celebration will be held in Richmond, Virginia, in conjunction
with the APS StampShow in August 2010.
Civil War and Confederate Postal History Articles Online
Arkansas
Postal History - Dr. Bruce Roberts' 35
years of accumulated knowledge on the subject. This non-commercial
site is dedicated to the accumulation and dissemination of information
about the postal system in Arkansas and in Indian Territory. The
site is still under construction so many pages are blank, but
will be filled as time goes on. Bruce is the section editor for
Arkansas in the 2010 CSA Catalog.
Civil
War Postal History of Vicksburg, Mississippi - A William S.
Parks in-depth study of one town. A well researched subject which
will be the place for researchers to turn now and far into the
future.
General Helpful Philatelic Sources
AskPhil
(short for "Philately") is provided as a service
to offer general answers to questions about stamp collecting.
It is a the non-commercial, all-reference site sponsored by the
Collectors Club of Chicago and covers a broad range of subjects.
Highly recommended.
Joe
Luft's Philatelic Research Page - An extensive selection of
worldwide philatelic links.
Virtual
Stamp Club - An on-line philatelic newspaper or magazine, with
a very active "Letters to the Editor" section. In the
forum, you'll find news, information, opinions and advice.
Stamp
Link - "Your on-ramp to the hottest sites in stamp collecting"
Collector
Cafe This online community guide sponsored by Stanley Gibbons,
provides articles and news on more than 90 collecting interests.
Visitors can contact other collectors and post free advertisements
in the classified section. Collector Cafe contains links to hundreds
of specialist dealer sites and is a valuable source of information
for every collector.
Wm
J. Bongers' PhilaGuide - "The Golden Guide for Philatelists"
with a selection of worldwide philatelic web sites by categories
- collectors, dealers, expertizing, specialties, magazines, auctions,
resources, etc
Stamp
Forgery Guide - Worldwide
sources of information on forged stamps and stamp expertising
searchable by country or expert, past and present, with over 1700
listings.
General Civil War sites of special interest
American
Civil War -
"Your history site on the Web". While not philatelic,
this is a comprehensive Civil War site with forums that may be
of interest and is a good source for research projects.
Jim
Stanley & Associates - Jim is a collector and purveyor of
museum quality investment grade Civil War artifacts, images and
documents. If your interests go beyond "paper", you
may want to visit Jim's site.
Philatelic Retail Dealers - respected competitors
John L. Kimbrough - My esteemed online competitor, John and I both have a passion for Confederates. His site also has articles and an in depth section on Confederate fakes. John is a respected author as well as a fellow member of the CSA Authentication Service.
Richard Frajola - One of the most knowledgeable U.S. students/dealers in the country, also a former postal history auctioneer. While his specialty is mostly quality U.S., he also knows and handles Confederates. He maintains a popular Message Board for collectors/dealers on his site as well.
Auction Houses that offer Confederates
Matthew Bennett International - Baltimore, New York, Switzerland
H. R. Harmer - New Jersey
Schuyler J. Rumsey - San Francisco
Robert A. Siegel - New York
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