Conventions & Events
 

CSA Generals in Attendance at the Southern Supper at the National Postal Museum at our 2005 Convention -- From Left: Brian Green, McCary Ballard, Roger Oswald, Rick Calhoun, Ron Tate, Trish Kaufmann, Jerry Palazolo, Dan Warren, Tony Crumbley, Peter Powell.
Future Conventions
& Meetings
The 2008 annual CSA convention will be held at CHARPEX 2008 in Charlotte, N.C. at the Harris Conference Center, 3216 CPCC West Campus Drive, Charlotte NC . The dates of the show are July 25 – 27 2008.  Charpex show chairman Mike Lampson can be reached at email: exhibits@charpex.info  for prospectus and other details.

Keep your schedules open
for the following year’s events!
2008 CSA EVENTS

CSA Convention at CHARPEX,
Charlotte, North Carolina
July 25-27, 2008


CSA Mid-Year Meeting
Charleston, SC
November 14-16, 2008

Convention/Events Coverage:

Annual Conventions:
Special Note: All photographs shown on the following pages are provided courtesy of Gen.Trish Kaufmann and or/ Col. John Kimbrough.
November 2007 - Williamsburg, Va.
March 2006 - New York City, ASDA Mega Event
June 2005 - McLean, Virginia, NAPEX '05
February 2004 - Sarasota, Fla. National Stamp Show
March 2003 - St. Louis Stamp Expo
July 2002 - CHARPEX, Charlotte, North Carolina
November 2001 - VAPEX, Virginia Beach, Virginia
April 2000 - TEXPEX, Dallas, Texas
February 1999 - Sarasota, Fla. National Stamp Show
Mid-Year Gatherings
Special Note: All photographs shown on the following pages are provided courtesy of John Kimbrough and Trish Kaufmann.
May 2007 - Memphis, Tennessee
November 2006 - Jacksonville, Florida
November 2005 - Mobile, Alabama
October 2004 - Asheville, North Carolina
October 2003 - Harrisburg, Pa.
October 2002 - Chattanooga, Tennessee
April 2001 - Charleston, South Carolina
October 2000 - Richmond, Virginia

Fall Mid-Year Gathering another success...
Colonels meet in lovely Mobile
at a perfect time of year


Guest Speaker Phillip Nassar, who made a fascinating presentation on the recent and on-going recovery of the C.S.S. Alabama. The Alabama cruised the whaling grounds around the Azores, the shipping lanes along the eastern seaboard of the U.S., the Carribean, the Brazilian coast, along South Africa, the Indian Ocean, South China Sea, and the Bay of Bengal boarding 447 vessels, capturing 65 Union merchant vessels, and sinking the U.S.S. Hatteras. She was at sea for 534 of the 657 days of her life. During this time she took 2,000 prisoners with no loss of life. Until the engagement with the Kearsarge she lost not one man to accident or disease aboard the ship. She is deemed one of the ten most important vessels in naval history.
For much more information, see the website of the C.S.S. Alabama Association at http://www.css-alabama.com/ 
The full story of this delightful special Mid-Year Meeting is in the photographs provided by Gen. Trish Kaufmann. Click to view all of them.
A Convention of Philatelists Unlike Any Other...
With friendship and lots of social activities and opportunities to acquire material, CSA conventions are an annual treat.

We sponsor the annual CSA Philatelic Convention and Exhibition held at various World Series of Philately national stamp shows across the country. The CONFEDERATE STAMP ALLIANCE Convention and Exhibition is the major annual gathering of Confederate collectors and features spectacular exhibits of Confederate stamps and covers.
The famous Southern Supper is a major philatelic event. Each year at the Southern Supper, the Confederate Stamp Alliance Awards are presented. These consist of the Haydn Myer Award (service to the Alliance), the CP Writers Award (best article in the Confederate Philatelist since the last convention), and the August Dietz Award (research and writing since the last convention). Click the award name to review a listing of past recipients. In addition to these three awards, the exhibitors at the convention are recognized with a series of various exhibiting awards the most prestigious being the CSA Trophy for the best Confederate Exhibit. The awards presentations are always a highlight of the Southern Supper.
The original inscribed plaque of the Haydn Meyer Award is on display at the APRL (American Philatelic Research Library) in State College, Pa. The archives of the Alliance were moved to the APRL in 2002 and are available for research and study.


2008 Annual Convention at
CHARPEX in
Charlotte, N.C.,
on July 25 - 27.
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Watch for more information coming soon!