Trish Kaufmann
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Trish Kaufmann | |
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| Born | Patricia A. Kaufmann 1947 |
| Nationality | USA |
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Known for | Expert on postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States of America |
| Notable work | CSA Haydn Myer Award August Dietz award Robert A. Siegel Award Elizabeth Pope Award for Lifetime Contributions to Philately |
| Board member of | American Philatelic Research Library |
| Spouse | Darryl Boyer |
Patricia A. (Trish) Kaufmann of Lincoln, Delaware, is an expert on the postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States of America (CSA), and has written hundreds of articles on the subject; she is known as a diligent researcher who brings postal history to life. She is also an active speaker on the subject.
Collecting interests
Trish has been collecting and studying Confederate philately since she was in her teens. A number of her exhibits have won Grand Awards and Reserve Grand Awards in national competition. Because of her expert knowledge of CSA philately, she has qualified as a philatelic expert witness in legal court cases. One of her personal passions is an extensive collection of Confederate fakes from the rare to the common.
Philatelic literature
Trish is a prolific writer of articles on CSA philately, and has edited numerous journals related to the CSA, including The Confederate Philatelist, where she served as editor and co-editor for over seventeen years, early in her career. She was the editor-in-chief of the 2012 Confederate States of America Catalog and Handbook of Stamps and Postal History, published by the Confederate Stamp Alliance. Trish also served as section editor of The Confederate Stampless Cover Catalog, was a contributor to the 1986 New Dietz Confederate States Catalogue and contributes to the annual updates of the Scott Specialized Catalogue. Ms. Kaufmann writes columns and serves as associate editor for the American Stamp Dealer and Collector, The Confederate Philatelist, La Posta, and Kelleher Collectors Connection. She has also contributed articles to the The American Philatelist, and countless other publications. She served on the CSA Authentication Service from 1996-2014 and was Recording Secretary of that group for 11 years; she is now an outside consultant and member emeritus.
Philatelic activity
Trish is very active in philatelic circles. She is a life member of American Philatelic Society, Confederate Stamp Alliance, U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, the American Philatelic Research Library, and a member of the American Stamp Dealers Association, as well as being a member of various philatelic clubs, such as the Collectors Club of New York and Royal Philatelic Society of London. In addition to being a specialized retailer of Confederate stamps and postal history and former auctioneer, Trish is a past president of the Confederate Stamp Alliance, the first woman to hold that office. Trish is also the first woman, and the youngest person, to be bestowed with the title “General” by the Confederate Stamp Alliance. She has served on the boards of numerous other philatelic organizations. She began her career in 1973 as a philatelic auctioneer in Washington, DC, and closed the auction house in 1989. She currently works as an active retailer specializing in Confederate stamps and postal history.
Trish works regularly with the Scott Catalogue editors to maintain the Confederate sections of Volume I and the Scott Specialized Catalogue, and she has also been a researcher for the Smithsonian Institution National Postal Museum and served on the Council of Philatelists on the Research Committee for four years during the creation of the William H. Gross Gallery. Because of her research on the 3-cent 1861 Postmaster Provisionals, published in the American Philatelist and the Confederate Philatelist, the 2000 Scott Specialized Catalogue was required to create an entirely new section, which precedes the Confederate States section.
Honors and awards
Ms. Kaufmann has received countless awards and recognition, including the CSA Trophy (highest exhibiting award), August Dietz Award (twice) for research and writing, the CP Writer's Award, the Haydn Myer Award a record three times for service to the Confederate Stamp Alliance, President's Trophy, Trustees Trophy, Robert A. Siegel Award, Special Trustees Award for sustained and superior service to the Confederate Stamp Alliance. In 2016, she was presented the Elizabeth Pope Award for Lifetime Contributions to Philately.