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
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As an aficionado of detective novels, I’m sure you know your gumshoes. But do you know the novels in which those gumshoes first appeared? See if you can match each detective with his first novel as shown on this distinctive set from the tiny Italianate country of San Marino.
Here are the Detectives. Match the detective with one of his cases, listed below.
a. The Roman Hat Murder
b. A Study in Scarlet
c. The Case of Peter the Lett
d. The Case of the Velvet Claws
e. Fer-de-Lance
Inspector Maigret | Perry Mason, Esq.
Nero Wolfe | Ellery Queen
Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective
The nation of San Marino, located on the Adriatic side of Italy, may be small in geography but looms rather large in the annals of philately.
Since the 1950s San Marino has issued dozens of topical sets, often elegantly designed and produced. Some purists look down on San Marino issues as having contributed to the popularization of topicals, and hence compromising of the Hobby of Kings, but from this writer’s populist point of view: Three huzzahs for San Marino and keep up the good work!
The set shown here is Scott-listed as San Marino 949-53. In addition to the magnifier, another nifty design touch on this set is the pale yellow background of each stamp.
Does anyone know why yellow is a highly clever color selection?
If you get the “clue”, please drop me a line and if you’re correct I’ll send you a packet of intriguing worldwide stamps at no cost and all the way from Saudi Arabia where I am currently teaching!
Please email me!
Frederick Highland
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