Overview

Among the many difficulties the newly formed Confederate States of America endured in the summer of 1861 was the failure of its post office department to provide sufficient numbers of that item most crucial to its service: the postage stamp. Faced with the resulting din of customer complaints, a handful of industrious Texas postmasters solved the problem by simply making their own homemade stamps. In this thoroughly researched history of these rare and highly coveted stamps, The Great Texas Stamp Collection traces their journey from creation through their rediscovery years later by local, and then international, stamp collectors-a journey that culminated in the sale of a few pieces at a recent auction in New York that fetched more than $250,000. Weaving the larger contexts of Texas and U.S. postal history together with individual tales of greed, intrigue, forgery, and discovery, Deaton’s book is rich with characters from European royalty to early stamp dealers to common criminals, while also providing detailed examinations of the stamps themselves, including a complete census of the stamps now known as the Texas Confederate Postmasters’ Provisionals. Appealing at once to devoted philatelists, Texas and U.S. history buffs, and amateur collectors of all kinds, The Great Texas Stamp Collection offers a unique vantage point from which to view our history as well as the very nature of collecting.

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Author:   Charles W. Deaton
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781477330784

ISBN 10:   147733078
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   17 December 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Introduction Glossary of Philatelic Terms Time Line of Important Dates Chapter One. Difficult Times for Southern Postmasters and Their Customers Chapter Two. The Discovery of the Texas Postmasters' Stamps by Texas Collectors Chapter Three. The World's Greatest Philatelists Acquire Their Own Texas Collections Chapter Four. The Printed Texas Stamps Beaumont Victoria Goliad Helena Lavaca (Port Lavaca) Chapter Five. The ""Cut and Paste"" Texas Stamps Plum Creek Independence Hallettsville Austin San Antonio Chapter Six. The ""Book and Pill Label"" Stamps of Gonzales Chapter Seven. The Curious Case of Wharton, Waxahachie, and Other ""Wannabe"" Texas Postmasters' Stamps Epilogue Appendix. A Census of the Known Texas Confederate Postmasters' Provisional Stamps Notes on Sources"

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A recipient of the Phillip H. Ward, Jr., Award for Excellence in Philatelic Literature and the Distinguished Philatelic Texan Award from the Texas Philatelic Association, Charles W. Deaton is a professional philatelist and the founder and first president of the Texas Postal History Society. Among his many works on the subject are Texas Postal History Handbook, A Philatelic Guide to the 1936 Texas Centennial Celebration, and Fifty Years of Texas Philately.

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