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isu-2 Independent State Mail and Confederate Use of U.S. Postage; How Secession Occurred; Correcting the Record - EXPANDED EDITION. $18 + $3 shipping
The original version of this mongraph was published as the lead in Aspects of American Postal History in 2017. A short-run offprint of that book article was produced and won a Large Gold with felicitations and the Reserve Grand at Chicagopex 2017. Chief Judge John Hotchner described it as "the gold standard on the subject." In 2018, La Posta: The Journal of American Postal History, celebrated its 50th year of publication and publisher Peter Martin asked that an expanded version be the first of a new monograph series. The article was expanded from 24 to 36 pages with new text and new images, widening the scope of the topic, especially on the topics of Arizona and Missouri.
Over the years, a significant number of important dates in Civil War postal history have been incorrectly stated in philatelic publications and online sources. Sadly, these incorrect dates continue to be repeated. The Confederate States of America Catalog and Handbook of Stamps and Postal History, published in 2012, attempted to right this wrong with a systematic approach and research of the actual laws in place for each state at the time, reexamining the secession and admission processes. This work delves deeper into the subject and leaves no doubt as to the legitimacy of the dates presented.