Editors need help - can you fill in some of the gaps? This section is for peer review before publication or simple lists from edtiors of material they know is missing.. As information from section editors becomes available, it will be linked through this page for examination by the general public. The editors may use Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, or .rtf files. Most of these will be translated to the more universally viewable PDF files.

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This is your opportunity to report directly to the individual editor with corrections, unlisted material and so forth. Information is already needed and more is anticipated soon, so it is important that you check back often during the life of this project.

When you send your images to the section editors, please sign and send a copy of this image release (PDF format) Thank you.

Color Cancels - The linked PDF list of color cancels are examples have NOT been recorded. If you have examples of these postmarks, please inform Section Editor Tony Crumbley of your holdings at or Tony Crumbley, PO Box 681447, Charlotte, NC 28216.

Patriotics - We thought we had access to most all patriotic designs, but our source dried up. Please offer your examples to section editor John Kimbrough The following 1986 New Dietz types: F7-25, F8-1, FSC-4, TF-2, ST-3 are particularly needed. If you have any of these or know where they are, please contact John.

Arkansas Stampless - Section Editor Bruce Roberts needs specific images. A downloadable PDF file for Arkansas lists covers for which no image is available, covers for which only black and white images are available and which have markings that may needed to be illustrated in color, and covers for which only low resolution scans are available and we wish to upgrade. You may contact Bruce at 6445 Sterchi Village Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37918. Email is

North Carolina Stampless - The State Editor for North Carolina has made the first pass at locating existing stampless covers in major North Carolina collections and needs your help in locating those covers which are not represented. The PDF file for North Carolina lists those covers for which scans are needed. If you have any of these covers in your collection, please forward your 350 dpi scans, preferably in .tif format, to General Tony Crumbley or send quality color copies from which he can make scans. Tony's email is and mail address is P.O. Box 681447, Charlotte, NC 28216.

Officials and Semi-Officials - Editor Tom Lera needs scans or quality color photocopies of the Officials and Semi-Officials listed in these PDF files. Please forward 350 dpi scans, preferably in .tif format, or send quality color copies from which he can make scans. Contact Tom Lera at or mail to him at 7733 Inversham Drive #167, Falls Church, VA 22042.

Florida Stampless - Editor Deane Briggs needs scans of NEW SMYRNA/FLA 32mm NOR with PAID 10 rate 10 October 1861 and also MICANOPY/FLO 27mm PAID/5 (arc) 13 Mar 1862. You may contact him by email at He will have a more complete wish list soon, so if you collect Florida please check back here for updates. Also, if you have superb strikes of any Florida stampless markings, please email Deane. We are trying to find the best possible examples to illustrate the new catalog.

Virginia Stampless - The State Editor for Virginia is working frantically updating records in the new CSA Catalog against the records compiled by the Virginia Postal History Society. An updated spreadsheet will appear shortly listing all known markings. In the meantime ANY Virginia Stampless scans or photocopies would be most appreciated. If you have any, please forward your 350 dpi scans, preferably in .tif format, to Col. Gene Lightfoot or send quality color copies from which he can make scans. Gene's email is and mail address is 111 Deer Valley Drive, Cary, NC 27519.

Database Entry Help Needed! Your editorial team has begun a monumental project that will carry well past the CSA Catalog for the benefit of future Confederate postal historians and others. One of our goals is to create a database that will include such details as the addressee on covers and provenance, as well as the franking and markings. This could be of great benefit to not only postal historians, but genealogists and general historians in the future. We anticipate making it available online at some time in the future. Since your editorial board is made up of three of the members of the Authentication Service, the logical place to start was with the records of the Authentication Service. This database will be in the custody of the CSA Authentication Service in order to better serve future generations. We already have a volunteer who has begun work on this, but it is a very large task. Multiple people could be working on this project using the same software and then the main volunteer could import the work into one unified body. This is a CSA Authentication Service project at the moment and will not go past the input of Authentication records until after the CSA Catalog is published. The catalog is our primary focus at this time. Contact Jerry Palazolo if you would like to help.

Slide Cataloging Help Needed! Along with the database project, another companion project is the cataloging of the thousands of slides with a specific searchable formula. This project is one of the primary sources of CSA Catalog illustrations as well as a rich source of information for the database. It will also eventually be in the custody of the CSA Authentication Service, but is in the CSA Catalog editorial board hands for use there until the catalog is finished. We are in the process of having a professional slide converting service change and save several large collections of slides from major collections to digital format. The problem is that they have generic generated names, i.e., scan0001, scan 0002, and so forth. We need them cataloged with meaningful searchable names. This is critical to timely catalog production. Contact Trish Kaufmann if you would like to help.

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