Dietz Specialized Catalog of the Postage Stamps of the Confederate States of America; Comprising the General Issues of the Confederate Goernment, Provisonal Issues of Postmasters and Hand-Stamped Paids; Fully Illustrated

Richmond, VA: Dietz Printing Company, 1931. First Edition. 12mo. Item #018501

320p. The First Edition of the Bible for collectors of the Confederate States of America mail and postal history. Because he was a trained lithographer and typographer and also had access to many of the great instituitonal and private collections of CSA stamps and postal history, he became known as "the Father of Confedrate Philately" His studies still are used with great profit. In the back of the book (written at the depths of the Depression, he offers to appraise Confederate individual postal items for 25 cents plus shipping. It is difficult to realize that many of the Texas stamps were in the $2,000 to $3,500 range in 1931. A good copy in original green olive flexible cloth with light edgewear along outer joints of spine. small creases. These copies were designed to fit in front pocket of the collector's shirt so the identification of the points of distinction of the rarest Confederate stamps could instantly be recognized as well as the prize range.

Price: $47.50

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