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 Project
Overview
In October
2006 James L. D. Monroe, President of the Confederate Stamp Alliance,
announced acquisition of the rights to the New Dietz Confederate
States Catalog and Handbook, last published in 1986. The rights
were secured from New Dietz Editorial Committee Chairman
and owner Hubert C. Skinner. The forthcoming volume will simply
be titled the Confederate States Catalog and Handbook.
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 publication of a
full color catalog. The new publication goal is 2011, just missing 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 12-15, 2010.
Members of
the Confederate Stamp Alliance are excited about this ambitious
project and delighted to have finally acquired the rights to this
revered catalog. Editor-in-Chief Trish Kaufmann emphasizes that
this will be the labor of dozens of learned contributors and not
just the editorial board who will organize and choreograph the
contents, as well as adding substantive content. The editorial
trio all individually made major contributions to the 1986 edition
and stress that this type of project cannot be done without the
assistance of many others.
As with any
catalog of this type, it is important for collectors to report
errors in the old catalog, unlisted material since the1986 edition,
and offer any ideas or suggestions. Don't assume the editorial
board or section editors are aware of all changes just because
an item may have appeared on eBay recently or in an auction catalog.
Do it now. This is your catalog.
For more
information on the catalog project, offers of assistance, or information
on the Confederate Stamp Alliance, contact any of the editorial
board or section editors in the appropriate field. Check the "Your
Input" page and give us you suggestions. Thank you!
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