The American Civil War From a Postal Perspective
When the southern states seceded from the Union in 1861, there was a need to continue postal service in the South. The Confederacy duplicated the governmental structure of the U.S., including a Post Office Department. But some interesting twists and innovations have fascinated philatelists (stamp collectors and postal historians) since. Stefan Jaronski will examine the expediencies that the “CSPOD” made to create a postal system despite war, as well as other fascinating aspects of this postal perspective.
Stefan Jaronski is an author, collector, and expert in authentication of Civil War era postage stamps. Stefan is an entomologist at VT.