Stamp Whys by Frederick Highland

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

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 StampWhys Sets

Eighteen quizzes in three sets are now online. See how you fare with Set 1 below, then move on to Set II and Set III .

StampWhys Set 1 | StampWhys Set 2 | StampWhys Set 3

Set I

Topical StampWhys from China and Czechoslovakia [ Go ]

PRC issue Czech issue

Philatelic StampWhys from Egypt, Haiti, "The General Government", and Guatemala [Go]

Egypt issue Haiti issue General Gouvernement

Set II

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

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

Israel

American Topical Association

The American Topical Association is the group to join if you like collecting stamps with a theme. Its journal Topical Time is chock-a-block with articles about not only stamps, but the topics they depict. The ATA topic lists alone are worth the price of membership!

American Philatelic Association

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