Stamps

[Stonewall_Greyfox]

I'm working on some stamp projects...and as such am interested in dating various stamps (US & CS). Is anyone aware of books, or other sources which date the manufacture and issuance of the various stamps (Postage, Revenue, etc...), or scales of postage, or taxation?

Thanks,

Paul B.

[Canebrake Rifle Guards]

Confederate Stamps, Old Letters and History, A Story of Three Score and Ten Years of Stamp Collecting...
Hubbell, Raynor:


Description: 1st 89pp,gold embossed gray cloth,photos,drawings. A magnificent account connecting Civil War history to stamp collecting by one of the best known specialists in the field.

Greg Starbuck

[AZReenactor]

The Smithsonian National Postal Museum has some good information and resources online at http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&cmd=1&mode=2&tid=2027499. The Wikipedia philately page (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPostage _stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_United_States&ei=utx8SLjwLIqMtwOjot3VDw&usg=AFQjCNH7qvsuodyx8c1qNXISJeaKwZcTpw&sig2=o3A3E7dsibOsSHiaMpn7Ow) also has some good info if you haven't looked at it yet.

Alos check out http://www.stamps.org/ and http://www.1847usa.com/identify/19th/1861.htm for additional resources.

[Bill Cross]

Sir, you have not signed your post and are in violation of AC forum rules....

Sorry, couldn't resist that. :tounge_sm

[KathyBradford]

It's fascinating that several of the articles of currency in Paul Calloway's album are called "postage currency." They appear to use the same engravings as the stamps, and some of them use the stamp images multiple times on the same bill. http://www.authentic-campaigner.com/forum/album.php?albumid=216