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Informationen zum Autor 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 . Klappentext Seasoned with intrigue, mystery, and adventure, this history of rare, Civil War¿era Texas stamps and those seeking to collect them offers a lively and insightful read for any philatelist or collector of Texana. Zusammenfassung Seasoned with intrigue, mystery, and adventure, this history of rare, Civil War–era Texas stamps and those seeking to collect them offers a lively and insightful read for any philatelist or collector of Texana. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroductionGlossary of Philatelic TermsTime Line of Important DatesChapter One. Difficult Times for Southern Postmasters and Their CustomersChapter Two. The Discovery of the Texas Postmasters' Stamps by Texas CollectorsChapter Three. The World's Greatest Philatelists Acquire Their Own Texas CollectionsChapter Four. The Printed Texas Stamps BeaumontVictoriaGoliadHelenaLavaca (Port Lavaca)Chapter Five. The "Cut and Paste" Texas Stamps Plum CreekIndependenceHallettsvilleAustinSan AntonioChapter Six. The "Book and Pill Label" Stamps of GonzalesChapter Seven. The Curious Case of Wharton, Waxahachie, and Other "Wannabe" Texas Postmasters' StampsEpilogueAppendix. A Census of the Known Texas Confederate Postmasters' Provisional StampsNotes on Sources
