Patricia A. Kaufmann is an American philatelist, focusing on postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States of America (CSA).
She served on the board of the American Philatelic Research Library from 1983 to 1989,[2] was president of the Confederate Stamp Alliance from 2008 to 2010,[3] was elected to the Council of Philatelists of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum from 2011 to 2013[4] and served as chairman of the Board of Vice Presidents of the American Philatelic Society 2016–2022.
[5] Kaufmann served on the CSA Authentication Service from 1996 to 2014 and was recording secretary [6] of that group for 11 years.
[9][10] Kaufmann also served as section editor of The Confederate Stampless Cover Catalog.
Kaufmann writes columns and serves as associate editor for the American Stamp Collector and Dealer,[11] The Civil War Philatelist, La Posta,[12] Kelleher's Stamp Collector's Quarterly, and is a regular contributor to the American Philatelist.