Stamp Whys by Frederick Highland

The Mystery Box, short stories by Frederick Highland taking their inspiration from philatelic images

Night Falls on Damascus, a novel by Frederick Highland, set in Damascus during the French Mandate

Ghost Eater, a novel set in turn of the century Sumatra, by Frederick Higland

Stamp Whys

Mystery

History

The Emperor's Garden

Stamps

Philately - The Fiction Connection

Chicago Philatelic Society Medal

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

The Republic

According to tradition, Zeus was born on Crete, in a cave on Mt. Ida.

Mt. Ida, Scott 74

A 1904 issue of the Cretan Republic, this beautifully engraved stamp recalls the island's ancient glory with this Minoan cylinder seal showing Rhea, Great Goddess and mother of Zeus (Scott 74).

From under the heel of the Ottoman Empire to its union with Greece, continue to follow Crete's political evolution through its stamps.