Philately - The Fiction Connection
The Mystery Box book is the proud winner of a Silver Medal awarded by the Chicago Philatelic Society CHICAGOPEX Literature Exhibit
Read the Book Review by Barbara Kinne of the APS American Philatelist
This is the first installment of StampWhys, the first six published.
See how you fare with this set of quizzes. As always, Frederick Highland invites your questions or comments.
Quick Links: Set 1 - Set 2 - Set 3 - Set 4
We travel back to 1200 BC China and the Shang dynasty to identify this object as:
a) a wooden washboard
b) a leather buckle
c) a slate seal or chop
d) a stone musical chime
Issued in 1953, this Egyptian stamp displays three bars masking the features of the man in the vignette. What is the term for this type of overprint?
a) a tag
b) a pre-cancel
c) an obliteration
d) a surcharge
In 1983, Czechoslovakia issued this stamp to honor:
a) corn farmers
b) ski jumpers
c) rapid transit
d) paper fasteners
A postal authority known as the "General Gouvernement" issued stamps for a period earlier this century. Are there any clues on this stamp that hint at the country which issued postage under this designation?
During the 1980's the Haitian government supposedly issued a number of postage stamps reproducing the famous American bird paintings of John James Audubon.
After a number of these items appeared on the philatelic market, the Haitian government repudiated the items as not being valid postage stamps. Such items as the Haitian Audubons are most accurately classified as:
a) cinderellas
b) fakes
c) phantoms
d) forgeries
Is half a stamp better than none? It is, when it qualifies as a:
a) cut square
b) remainder
c) bisect
d) tab
