Counterfeits and Fakes of Confederate Stamps

This site features counterfeits and fakes of Confederate stamps. If you are unfamiliar with philatelic terminology, look here.
A detailed page is provided for each counterfeit that points out some of the characteristics that can be used to identify the counterfeit. Since many counterfeits have fake cancels applied, as many characteristics as possible are displayed. Characteristics that can be easily used when looking at computer scans are marked with a red star.

Genuine stamps are shown below as well as on the counterfeit pages for comparison. If you encounter problems with this site, try the main site.

General Issues

Click on the image of the genuine stamp below to go to the counterfeits of that stamp.


CSA #1 Printed by Hoyer & Ludwig Qty Issued: 9,250,000 Earliest Use: Oct 16,1861	CSA #2 Printed by Hoyer & Ludwig and J.T. Paterson & Co. Qty Issued (H&L): 1,400,000 Qty Issued (Pat): 4,650,000 Earliest Use (H&L): Nov 8,1861 Earliest Use (Pat): Jul 25, 1862


CSA #3 Printed by Hoyer & Ludwig Qty Issued: 750,000 Earliest Use: Mar 21, 1862	CSA #4 Printed by Hoyer & Ludwig Qty Issued: 6,700,000 Earliest Use: Mar 4, 1862	CSA #5 Printed by Hoyer & Ludwig Qty Issued: 1,150,000 Earliest Use: Mar 10, 1862


CSA #6 Printed by Thos De la Rue & Co. Qty Printed: 12,000,000 Earliest Use: Apr 16, 1862	CSA #7 Printed by Archer & Daly Qty Printed: 36,250,000 Earliest Use: Aug 15, 1862


CSA #8 Printed by Archer & Daly Qty Printed: 1,650,000 Earliest Use: Apr 21, 1863	CSA #9 Printed by Archer & Daly Qty Printed: 1,000,000 Earliest Use: Apr 23, 1863	CSA #10 Printed by Archer & Daly Qty Printed: 500,000 Earliest Use: Apr 19, 1863


CSA #11 Printed by Archer & Daly and Keatinge & Ball Qty Printed (A&D): 23,800,000 Qty Printed (K&B): 7,500,000 Earliest Use (A&D): Apr 21, 1863 Earliest Use (K&B): Oct 4, 1864	CSA #12 Printed by Archer & Daly and Keatinge & Ball Qty Printed (A&D): 23,800,000 Qty Printed (K&B): 7,500,000 Earliest Use (A&D): May 1, 1863 Earliest Use (K&B): Sep 4, 1864


CSA #13 Printed by Archer & Daly Qty Printed: 2,350,000 Earliest Use: Jun 1, 1863	CSA #14 Printed by Thos De La Rue & Co. Qty Printed: 400,000 Earliest Use: None (unissued)

Counterfeits of several provisionals may be found here.

Current reference items.

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I would also appreciate good scans of counterfeits that are not listed here.

Confederate Stamp Alliance
The Confederate Stamp Alliance is a philatelic organization dedicated to the study of stamps and postal history of the Confederate States. The bimonthly magazine The Confederate Philatelist contains articles written by the most knowledgeable people in the field. The CSA has two social functions each year, a Mid-Year Gathering and a Convention. The CSA also has an Authentication Committee that renders opinions and issues certificates on stamps and covers.

Membership Application

CSA Website

CSA Authentication Committee

Pictures from CSA Convention 2002

The CSA will hold its mid-year gathering for 2002 in Chattanooga, TN, the weekend of October 25-27. For more information, please click on the link below.

Chattanooga 2002

Reviews:

A review of this website appeared in Mike Mills' column "The Glassine Surfer" in the May 2002 American Philatelist. Mike's opinion was that "The site loads quickly and navigation is intuitive. This site would rank high in anyone's usability study, and it had me thinking more than once about the CSA collection I could start." Mike also stated "It's the way this topic was meant to be taught."

Click here to read the full review. To read past columns of "The Glassine Surfer" or to view Mike's large collection of informative links, visit his website at

www.glassinesurfer.com

CSA stamp-related sites:

Gen. Conrad L. Bush, philatelic consultant. Connie's specialty is fancy and unusual cancellations of the CSA and is the subject of his book, which I highly recommend.
John Kimbrough has quality CSA stamps and covers for sale. His website also contains much information as well as online exhibits.
Leonard Hartmann's site featuring philatelic books and supplies for sale. If you need a book, he's probably got it.
Trish Kaufmann's introduction to Confederate philately.
Richard Frajola is a recognized expert in covers and does authentication for PF and PSE.
Carolina Stamp & Coin (Tony Crumbley) has a good selection of quality stamps and covers for sale, as well as many interesting articles on CSA postal history.
Brian & Maria Green have autographs,currency and stamps for sale. Brian was curator of the PF for 13 years, and does consulting and authentication for all the major organizations, as well as issuing his own certificates which are recognized by the trade.
Confederate Postal History of Grenada, MS - A great online exhibit by William S. Parks.

Forgery-related sites:
Richard Frajola's forgeries of stamps of the Confederate States.
Bill Claghorn's Forgery Identification Site details forgeries of worldwide stamps.
G. Kock's list of stamp experts. There are also many links to forgery sites.

Contents of this website copyright 2001-2002 - Kevin Baker
Last Updated on Tuesday, July 30, 2002.

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