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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

Puzzlers!

StampWhys - Puzzlers with Attitude!

Mystery

The Clearing
An "old fisherman" reports to the Magistrate

History

The Emperor's Garden
The Emperor's Garden

Stamps

Philately - The Fiction Connection
Sushi! Yum!


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

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Read the Book Review by Barbara Kinne of the APS American Philatelist

1. topical StampWhys from China

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

answer

This is, admittedly, a toughie. About the only indication of the artifact's true purpose is a little hole appearing in the ear of the mythical beast. The stone was hung with others as an ancient wind chime, so if you answered d) a stone musical chime,  you may now burst into song.

This 1954 stamp from the People's Republic (Scott 226) was part of the "Great Mother Country" series, one of the few issued to celebrate China's cultural heritage during the thirty year rule of Mao Zedong.

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