StampWhys - Philatelic Puzzlers

introduction

Frederick Highland's 'StampWhys' series made its first appearance in Linn's Stamp News in 1999. Since then the monthly offering has grown to a collection of over seventy five articles.

The series is both playful and educational --not that they are mutually exclusive! Philatelic StampWhys quizzes are designed to illustrate some aspect of the stamp collecting hobby. Topical StampWhys, on the other hand, challenge the reader to identify an odd or unusual and often humorous stamp image.

 The Mystery Box web site will eventually be home to all of them, and now includes three  sets (eighteen quizzes). See how you fare with this set of quizzes and then move on to Set II and Set III.

Set I

Topical StampWhys from China and Czechoslovakia  [Go]
 
Philatelic Stampwhys from Egypt, Haiti, "The General Government", and Guatemala [Go]

Set II

Topical StampWhys from Greece, Hungary, and the Ryuku Islands  [Go]

Philatelic Stampwhys from Israel, South America, German New Guinea  [Go]

Website and All Contents Copyright (c) 1998-2008 Frederick Highland

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