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1 NOV 2004 -- During the weekend of 29-31 OCT 2004,
the Confederate Stamp Alliance returned to Cold Mountain. Seventy
Confederate Stamp Alliance Members and Guests (the largest attendance
of a mid-year event to date) gathered together in Asheville, North
Carolina near the site of the original Cold Mountain for the
traditional annual Confederate Philatelic Weekend. Tony Crumbley, the
host for the event along with Richard Canupp and Vernon Stroupe, put
together an excellent program for the members in attendance. The
meeting and trading room was active the entire time with collectors and
dealers exchanging stamps, covers, and more importantly sharing their
collections and knowledge with the other members. The traditional CSA
Hospitality Room was also well utilized during the afternoon and
evening hours, and also into the early morning hours.
Formal Presentations included --
- "North Carolina Provisionals 1861-1865 by Tony Crumbley who
demonstrated by slide show the known North Carolina provisional covers.
- "The Postal History of Arkansas 1861-1865 by Bruce Roberts
who took us through his award winning exhibit of Arkansas Postal
History.
- "Fakes of the Confederate Postmaster Provisional Adhesives"
by Peter Powell and Kevin Baker which included hands on examinations
and a good test of knowledge of the old fakes as well as presenting
some of the more recently discovered fakes. This is part of a larger
work-in-progress which will be published perhaps a few years down the
road, but each attendee was given a summary booklet with the fake
provisional information discussed in the presentation.
This year a Southern Supper style banquet was held for the members
and guests. The dinner speaker was Terrell T. Gerren, a Western North
Carolina historian and author, whose topic was "The Secret of War
Visits Cold Mountain."
CSA Generals in attendance were Gen Brian Green, Gen Tony
Crumbley, Gen Jerry Palazolo, Gen Patricia Kaufmann, Gen Peter Powell,
Gen Roger Oswald, Gen Ron Tate. Peter Powell had the distinction of
being the senior member present with the lowest member number (796).
The youngest member present was Junior Member Alexander Green (age 9).
And the member who traveled the furthest to attend was John Church and
his wife Eileen from Leeds, England.
Special thanks go to the following dealers in attendance who
helped to underwrite the cost of the event -- Tony Crumbley, Charles
Hanselmann, John Kimbrough, Stanley Piller, James Taff, Phil Warman,
Elizabeth Pope representing Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries who
sponsored the social hour prior to the banquet, and Schuyler Rumsey of
Schuyler Rumsey Auctions who sponsored the table wine at the banquet.
Another special thanks to those unnamed who provided for the pizza
lunches on Friday and Saturday.
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