Large 8vo. Original gilt buckram fine and bright in the rare original dust jacket. Signed by the author August Dietz, world's leading expert on the Confederate Postal service and stamps and his co publisher Charles Lathrop Polk on his dedication page. rare booik private issued, with a list of only 200 original patrons who pre paid for this rare book, there may be only 500 copies in existence, and no surviving dust jackets. Bold ink signatures in a florid hand Color plate frontis of all the Confederate stamps, and a color map of the Confederate States. August Dietz was born in Germany came to America two years later, and died in 1963 lived 94 years laid in is a 1965 news article on how the postal service was halted between the North and the South. a beautiful copy of a rare, there is a facsimile copy sans dj for 125 some where on line, No signed copies now exist for sale. none with dj, or none at all of the first.

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Title: The Postal Service of the Confederate States of America
Publisher: the Dietz Publishing House, Richmond Virginia
Publication Date: 1929
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: August Dietz
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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