The Confederate Philatelist
The Confederate Bulletin,
actually a more “occasional” publication than one regularly issued
(especially during World War II), was the first official journal of the
Confederate Stamp Alliance — generally a four-page digest-size affair
published in the 1940- 1952 period by its editor, August Dietz. No
longer in the business of publishing a full-scale periodical then,
Dietz made sure the Alliance had a member organ.
What would later become the Confederate Philatelist began publication with Volume 1, No. 1 in February 1956 as the Confederate Stamp Album edited by David Kent. Though it changed its name to the Confederate Philatelist in May 1958 under editor Henry M. Spelman, III, our journal’s sequence of volumes has remained unbroken since February 1956.
Although published information on various aspects of Confederate philately dates back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until the early 1920s that authoritative information began to be published. August Dietz, Sr. an avid collector, researcher and writer of Confederate philately, is considered the Father of Confederate Philately.
Although, the Confederate Stamp Alliance was formed in 1935 at the suggestion of Dr. Marye Y. Dabney to August Dietz, there was no “official publication” in those first few years. Information to members was disseminated through Stamp and Cover Collecting, a monthly stamp journal edited by August Dietz.
The first publication exclusively for Alliance members was the Confederate Bulletin, a small pamphlet of 27 issues put out between early 1940 and August 1952. The first two issues were printed without a date. From September 1952 until February 1956, members of the Alliance obtained their official information from the monthly newsletters of the Secretary-Treasurer, Haydn Myer (September 1944 - August 1948) and Thomas W. Crigler (September 1948 - August 1959).
Beginning in February 1956, the Alliance again had its own monthly publication, the Confederate Stamp Album. Beginning in January 1960, the publication was renamed the Confederate Philatelist and continued as a monthly publication through April 1967. In May of 1967, the CP became a bi-monthly journal. In January 1972, the name of the publication was changed to The Confederate Philatelist, the name that it still retains. The Confederate Philatelist was reformatted to a larger size in January 2005 and became a quarterly publication.
Over the years, various newsletters were published
periodically to inform the membership of upcoming activities.
Newsletter editors included Haydn Myer, Tom Crigler, Frank Crown, Jerry
Palazolo, Ron Tate, Rick Calhoun, Jim Monroe and currently Larry Baum.
CSA Official Publication Editors
| Early 1940 - August 1952 | August Dietz, Sr. - Editor |
| February 1956 - January 1958 | David Kent - Editor |
| May 1958 - April 1968 | Henry M. Spelman, III - Editor |
| March - December 1965 | Billy Matz - Associate Editor |
| January 1966 - April 1968 | Leonard H. Hartmann - Associate Editor |
| May 1968 - June 1970 | Leonard H. Hartmann - Editor |
| July 1970 - June 1973 | Brian & Patricia Green - Co-Editors |
| July 1973 - December 1987 | Patricia A. Kaufmann - Editor |
| January 1974 - August 1975 | Jerry S. Palazolo - Associate Editor |
| January 1988 - December 2004 | Stefan T. Jaronski & Genevieve M. Gwynne - Co-Editors |
| January 2005 - March 2006 | Daniel C. Warren, M.D. - Editor |
| April 2006 - January 2008 | Richard L. Sine - Editor |
| April 2006 - July 2008 | Patricia A. Kaufmann - Associate Editor |
| January 2008 - July 2013 | Randy L. Neil - Editor |
| August 2013 - December 2016 | Peter Martin - Editor |
| January 2017 - |
Kathy Staples - Editor |
The Philatelic Magazines of August Dietz, Sr.
Scans of pages from Stamp and Cover Collecting that depict the founding of the CSA on this and other pages are courtesy of Trish Kaufmann with the author’s thanks. —RN
The seeds of the future Confederate Stamp Alliance were planted by our founder as early as 1899 when August Dietz’s Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company unveiled The Virginia Philatelist, a journal of stamp collecting that was also the first member organ of the Southern Philatelic Association (later to become the Society of Philatelic Americans). As with subsequent publications of his, Dietz used The VP’s pages to disseminate the growing knowledge base of Confederate stamps and covers. The VP ceased publication in January 1905.
By November 1924, Dietz’s urge to publish a periodical again took hold when he began The Southern Philatelist— continuing in this monthly to publish large amounts of information on CSA philately. In November 1929, he changed the magazine’s name to The New Southern Philatelist. Finally ceasing publication of the latter in October 1933, he immediately founded its replacement, the monthly Stamp and Cover Collecting, in order to appeal to a broader, more national audience. In January 1937, the latter became The Stamp and Cover Collecting Review, a quarterly “Reader’s Digest” type of magazine that recounted various happenings in philately every three months. This magazine ceased publication at the end of 1939, the last of Dietz’s ventures in philatelic magazine publishing.
It was in the last two of these magazines that August Dietz introduced and promoted the founding of the Confederate Stamp Alliance beginning in the March 1935 edition of Stamp and Cover Collecting.
Following are checklists of the above publications.
The Southern Philatelist (1924-1929)
Volume |
Number (date of issue shown within each box) |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
|
Volume 1 |
Nov. 1924 |
Dec. 1924 |
Jan. 1925 |
Feb. 1925 |
Mar. 1925 |
Apr. 1925 |
May 1925 |
June 1925 |
July 1925 |
Aug. 1925 |
Sept. 1925 |
Oct. 1925 |
Volume 2 |
Nov. 1925 |
Dec. 1925 |
Jan. 1926 |
Feb. 1926 |
Mar. 1926 |
Apr. 1926 |
May 1926 |
June 1926 |
July 1926 |
Aug. 1926 |
Sept. 1926 |
Oct. 1926 |
Volume 3 |
Nov. 1926 |
Dec. 1926 |
Jan. 1927 |
Feb. 1927 |
Mar. 1927 |
Apr. 1927 |
May 1927 |
June 1927 |
July 1927 |
Aug. 1927 |
Sept. 1927 |
Oct. 1927 |
Volume 4 |
Nov. 1927 |
Dec. 1927 |
Jan. 1928 |
Feb. 1928 |
Mar. 1928 |
Apr. 1928 |
May 1928 |
June 1928 |
July 1928 |
Aug. 1928 |
Sept. 1928 |
Oct. 1928 |
Volume 5 |
Nov. 1928 |
Dec. 1928 |
Jan. 1929 |
Feb. 1929 |
Mar. 1929 |
Apr. 1929 |
May 1929 |
June 1929 |
July 1929 |
Aug. 1929 |
Sept. 1929 |
Oct. 1929 |
The New Southern Philatelist (1929-1933)
Volume |
Number (date of issue shown within each box) |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
|
Volume 6 |
Nov. 1929 |
Dec. 1929 |
Jan. 1930 |
Feb. 1930 |
Mar. 1930 |
Apr. 1930 |
May 1930 |
June 1930 |
July 1930 |
Aug. 1930 |
Sept. 1930 |
Oct. 1930 |
Volume 7 |
Nov. 1930 |
Dec. 1930 |
Jan. 1931 |
Feb. 1931 |
Mar. 1931 |
Apr. 1931 |
May 1931 |
June 1931 |
July 1931 |
Aug. 1931 |
Sept. 1931 |
Oct. 1931 |
Volume 8 |
Nov. 1931 |
Dec. 1931 |
Jan. 1932 |
Feb. 1932 |
Mar. 1932 |
Apr. 1932 |
May 1932 |
June 1932 |
July 1932 |
Aug. 1932 |
Sept. 1932 |
Oct. 1932 |
Volume 9 |
Nov. 1932 |
Dec. 1932 |
Jan. 1933 |
Feb. 1933 |
Mar. 1933 |
Apr. 1933 |
May 1933 |
June 1933 |
July 1933 |
Aug. 1933 |
Sept. 1933 |
Oct. 1933 |
Stamp and Cover Collecting (1933-1936)
Volume |
Number (date of issue shown within each box) |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
|
Volume 6 |
Nov. 1933 |
Dec. 1933 |
Jan. 1934 |
Feb. 1934 |
Mar. 1934 |
Apr. 1934 |
May 1934 |
June 1934 |
July 1934 |
Aug. 1934 |
Sept. 1934 |
Oct. 1934 |
Volume 7 |
Nov. 1934 |
Dec. 1934 |
Jan. 1935 |
Feb. 1935 |
Mar. 1935 |
Apr. 1935 |
May 1935 |
June 1935 |
July 1935 |
Aug. 1935 |
Sept. 1935 |
Oct. 1935 |
Volume 8 |
Nov. 1935 |
Dec. 1935 |
Jan. 1936 |
Feb. 1936 |
Mar. 1936 |
Apr. 1936 |
May 1936 |
June 1936 |
July 1936 |
Aug. 1936 |
Sept. 1936 |
Oct. 1936 |
Stamp and Cover Collecting Review (1937-1939)
Volume |
Number (date of issue shown within each box) |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Volume 6 |
Jan. 1937 |
Apr. 1937 |
July 1937 |
Oct. 1937 |
Volume 7 |
Jan. 1938 |
Apr. 1938 |
July 1938 |
Oct. 1938 |
Volume 8 |
Jan. 1939 |
Apr. 1939 |
July 1939 |
Oct. 1939 |
Confederate Bulletin
No. 1 |
(Early 1940) |
No. 10 |
November 1944 |
No. 19 |
June 1948 |
No. 2 |
(Early 1941) |
No. 11 |
April 1945 |
No. 20 |
November 1948 |
No. 3 |
August 1941 |
No. 12 |
October 1945 |
No. 21 |
March 1949 |
No. 4 |
April 1942 |
No. 13 |
June 1946 |
No. 22 |
September 1949 |
No. 5 |
May 1942 |
No. 14 |
October 1946 |
No. 23 |
December 1949 |
No. 6 |
June 1942 |
No. 15 |
December 1946 |
No. 24 |
September 1950 |
No. 7 |
March 1943 |
No. 16 |
March 1947 |
No. 25 |
February 1951 |
No. 8 |
September 1943 |
No. 17 |
September 1947 |
No. 26 |
September 1951 |
No. 9 |
April 1944 |
No. 18 |
February 1948 |
No. 27 |
August 1952 |
Confederate Stamp Album
Year |
Vol. |
Month (Whole Number shown within each box) |
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Jan. |
Feb. |
Mar. |
Apr. |
May |
June |
July |
Aug. |
Sept. |
Oct. |
Nov. |
Dec. |
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1956 |
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
1957 |
2 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
|
1958 |
3 |
NONE ISSUED |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
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1959 |
4 |
31 |
32 |
33 |
34 |
35 |
36 |
37 |
38 |
39 |
40 |
41 |
42 |
Confederate Philatelist and The Confederate Philatelist
Year |
Vol. |
Month (Whole Number shown within each box) |
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Jan. |
Feb. |
Mar. |
Apr. |
May |
June |
July |
Aug. |
Sept. |
Oct. |
Nov. |
Dec. |
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1960 |
5 |
43 |
44 |
45 |
46 |
47 |
48 |
49 |
50 |
51 |
52 |
53 |
54 |
1961 |
6 |
55 |
56 |
57 |
58 |
59 |
60 |
61 |
62 |
63 |
64 |
65 |
66 |
1962 |
7 |
67 |
68 |
69 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
73 |
74 |
75 |
76 |
77 |
78 |
1963 |
8 |
79 |
80 |
81 |
82 |
83 |
84 |
85 |
86 |
87 |
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1964 |
9 |
88 |
89 |
90 |
91 |
92 |
93 |
94 |
95 |
96 |
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1965 |
10 |
|
97 |
98 |
99 |
100 |
101 |
102 |
103 |
104 |
|
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1966 |
11 |
NONE ISSUED |
105 |
106 |
107 |
108 |
109 |
110 |
111 |
112 |
113 |
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1967 |
12 |
114 |
115 |
116 |
117 |
118 |
119 |
120 |
121 |
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1968 |
13 |
122 |
123 |
124 |
125 |
126 |
127 |
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1969 |
14 |
128 |
129 |
130 |
131 |
132 |
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1970 |
15 |
133 |
134 |
135 |
136-137 |
138 |
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1971 |
16 |
139 |
140 |
141 |
142 |
143 |
144 |
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1972 |
17 |
145 |
146 |
147 |
148 |
149 |
150 |
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1973 |
18 |
151 |
152 |
153 |
154 |
155 |
156 |
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1974 |
19 |
157 |
158 |
159 |
160 |
161 |
162 |
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1975 |
20 |
163 |
164 |
165 |
166 |
167 |
168 |
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Notes
- Whole Number 12 was printed as Vol. 11, No. 1 and the year was shown as 1956
- Whole Number 100 was printed as Vol. 10, No. 14
- Whole Number 114 was printed as Confederate Stamp Alliance instead of Confederate Philatelist
- Whole Numbers 136-137 should have been a single “whole number” and not two
- Beginning with Whole Number 145, the name was changed to The Confederate Philatelist
The Confederate Philatelist
Year |
Vol. |
Month (Whole Number shown within each box) |
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Jan. |
Feb. |
Mar. |
Apr. |
May |
June |
July |
Aug. |
Sept. |
Oct. |
Nov. |
Dec. |
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1976 |
21 |
169 |
170 |
171 |
172 |
173 |
174 |
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1977 |
22 |
175 |
176 |
177 |
178 |
179 |
180 |
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1978 |
23 |
181 |
182 |
183 |
184 |
185 |
186 |
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1979 |
24 |
187 |
188 |
189 |
190 |
191 |
192 |
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1980 |
25 |
193 |
194 |
195 |
196 |
197 |
198 |
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1981 |
26 |
199 |
200 |
201 |
202 |
203 |
204 |
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1982 |
27 |
205 |
206 |
207 |
208 |
209 |
210 |
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1983 |
28 |
211 |
212 |
213 |
214 |
215 |
216 |
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1984 |
29 |
217 |
218 |
219 |
220 |
221 |
222 |
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1985 |
30 |
223 |
224 |
225 |
226 |
227 |
228 |
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1986 |
31 |
229 |
230 |
231 |
232 |
233 |
234 |
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1987 |
32 |
235 |
236 |
237 |
238 |
239 |
240 |
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1988 |
33 |
241 |
242 |
243 |
244 |
245 |
246 |
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1989 |
34 |
247 |
248 |
249 |
250 |
251 |
252 |
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1990 |
35 |
253 |
254 |
255 |
256 |
257 |
258 |
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1991 |
36 |
259 |
260 |
261 |
262 |
263 |
264 |
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1992 |
37 |
265 |
266 |
267 |
268 |
269 |
270 |
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1993 |
38 |
271 |
272 |
273 |
274 |
275 |
276 |
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1994 |
39 |
277 |
278 |
279 |
280 |
281 |
282 |
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1995 |
40 |
283 |
284 |
285 |
286 |
287 |
288 |
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1996 |
41 |
289 |
290 |
291 |
292 |
293 |
294 |
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1997 |
42 |
295 |
296 |
297 |
298 |
299 |
300 |
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1998 |
43 |
301 |
302 |
303 |
304 |
305 |
306 |
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1999 |
44 |
307 |
308 |
309 |
310 |
311 |
313 |
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2000 |
45 |
314 |
315 |
316 |
317 |
318 |
319 |
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2001 |
46 |
320 |
321 |
322 |
323 |
324 |
325 |
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2002 |
47 |
326 |
327 |
328 |
329 |
330 |
331 |
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2003 |
48 |
332 |
333 |
334 |
335 |
336 |
337 |
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2004 |
49 |
338 |
339 |
340 |
341 |
342 |
343 |
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2005 |
50 |
344 |
345 |
346 |
347 |
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2006 |
51 |
348 |
349 |
350 |
351 |
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2007 |
52 |
352 |
353 |
354 |
355 |
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2008 |
53 |
356 |
357 |
358 |
359 |
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2009 |
54 |
360 |
361 |
362 |
363 |
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2010 |
55 |
364 |
365 |
366 |
367 |
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2011 |
56 |
368 |
369 |
370 |
371 |
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2012 |
57 |
372 |
373 |
374 |
375 |
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2013 |
58 |
376 |
377 |
378 |
379 |
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2014 |
59 |
380 |
381 |
382 |
383 |
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2015 |
60 |
384 |
385 |
386 |
387 |
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2016 |
61 |
388 |
389 |
390 |
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Notes
- Whole Number 312 inadvertently was skipped
- Volume 52 whole number 352, and 353 had partial color (4 center pages)
- Volume 52, whole number 354 started full color
At the August 2010 APS StampShow in Richmond, Va., The Confederate Philatelist won a gold medal in the APS literature exhibition.
In November 2010, at CHICAGOPEX, The Confederate Philatelist won a gold medal in the Philatelic Literature Competition.
In June 2012, at NAPEX, The Confederate Philatelist won a gold medal in the Philatelic Literature Competition plus the Reserve Grand Award.