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Page 293 Paragraph 3 beginning with the 2nd Printing was changed to now read -- "Columbia SC -- The most commonly seen blue CSA postmark comes from the state capital of South Carolina. Columbia SC used blue ink throughout the entire Confederate period until its fall to the Union on 17 FEB 1865. Columbia postmarks in black are quite scarce as there are only two recorded examples of a small black double circle postmark. Since a large volume of mail was generated from Columbia, numerous covers both stamped and stampless are found with the blue Columbia marks."
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Page 9 Paragraph 2 beginning with the 3rd Printing was changed to now read -- The common USA stamps in use during the first part of 1861 were the issues of 1857. The Postal Stationery issues of 1854 and 1860 (Star Die) were also commonly used. USA covers with Southern postmarks with these issues must be examined closely to see if they fall into any of the above described CSA usage categories. Sometimes this can only be done by having the original letter or by period docketing confirming the 1861 year date as many postmarks of the period contained only the month and the day and did not contain the year. The exception is the USA 3c Red Star Die Postal Stationery envelope. The 3c Red Star Die was issued in late AUG 1860. In the summer of 1861, the USA issued new stamps and demonetized all the stamps and postal stationery issued prior to 1861 to prevent their being used by the Confederacy. This definitely included the 3c Red Star Die envelope, although there is some evidence to suggest that the 1c Blue Star Die envelope may have been excluded from this demonetization. Thus a 3c Red Star Die with a SEP - DEC dated postmark must be 1860 and dated JAN - MAY must be 1861. It is not necessary on a 3c Red Star Die to have any other date verification other than a clear impression of the month. There are no CSA usages of the 1c Blue Star Die envelope known to the authors other than a few later adversity usages.
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Page 103 Paragraph 5 beginning with the 3rd Printing -- "Spring 1864" changed to "Fall 1864."
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Page 159 Paragraph 3 which appears in the first three printings was deleted beginning with the 4th Printing
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Page 292 Last Parapraph beginning with the 4th Printing was changed to now read -- Two stamps (5c Blue Lithograph on the left and 5c Blue Richmond Print Pair on the right) with variations of a Due 6 (cts) cancellation. The "Due 6" marks are strictly Union in origin as the Confederacy had no 6c rate. These two stamps (one off-cover and one on piece) were most likely pre-affixed to an envelope captured and used by a Union soldier who sent an unpaid letter home.
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Page 130 First Paragraph beginning with the 7th Printing was changed to include new information and now reads -- The latest known usage of a General Issue Stamp East of the Mississippi River is believed to be 29 April 1865 from Augusta, Georgia (since supplanted by an 8 MAY 1865 wallpaper usage from Jackson, Miss -- JLK FEB 2003)
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Page 340 Appendix D beginning with the 7th Printing was changed to show updated information about the occupation dates of Jackson, Miss -- Jackson, Miss Occupied and Recaptured 4 times. Four Union Occupations were brief.
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Page 2 Third Paragraph beginning with the 8th Printing rewritten slightly with corrected information -- ...Reagan was one of only two cabinet members to serve in the same position throughout the life of the Confederacy. The other was Stephen R. Mallory, the Secretary of the Navy...
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Page 230 First Paragraph beginning with the 8th Printing updated with new information concerning the "Hanging Lincoln" cover census -- ...There are at the time of this writing 12 recorded genuine used examples (1 with two Nashville Provisional Stamps, 2 with a 5c Green Lithograph Stamp, 2 with a 10c Rose Lithograph Stamp, 6 stampless, 1 handcarried)...(census updated MAY 2003).
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Page 268 First Paragraph beginning with the 10th Printing updated with new information concerning the "Richmond Large Grid" cover census -- ...There are now at least five known covers bearing the Richmond Large Grid. The cover above shows the grid cancelling a stamp. At least two of the other Richmond Large Grid Covers show the grid obliterating a handstamp rate applied in error...(census updated NOV 2003).
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Page 278 Last Paragraph beginning with the 10th Printing updated with new information concerning the "King's Ferry, Fla" cover census -- ...There are now three recorded covers...(census updated NOV 2003).
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Pages 248-249 beginning with the 11th Printing updated with new information concerning the number of known CSA Railroad Postmarks by adding Ponds Gap Va CRR and Swoops Va CRR to the listing thus increasing the number of confirmed CSA Railroad Postmarks from 24 to 26 (updated MAR 2004).
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Page 88 beginning with the 12th Printing updated with a new date of Earliest Known Use (EKU) for the 5c Blue Richmond Print -- 25 JUL 1862 confirmed with certification in NOV 2004.
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