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
St. Valentine's Day...romance, roses, chocolates, and of course a billet doux!
Our fictional detectives and characters had love lives, often pretty steamy ones that indeed contributed to more than most peoples share of murder, blackmail, and deceit. Let's take a look at how they might have written letters using the "sweetheart code" where stamps play a major role.
(thx Acme!)
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The appearance of postage stamps in mystery fiction is nothing
new. Stamps, as plot elements, have played important roles in novels such as
Ngaio Marsh's
Grave Mistake
and Robert Graves'
The Antigua Stamp
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Take a stroll through Emperor Ch'ien Lung's 18th century court as seen through the eyes of a skilled scroll artist. |
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The New Zealand on the left has the right combination of vulnerability, Reubenesque charm, and coyness to pass the screen test for the femme fatale of this fowl mystery, a kind of plump Ingrid Bergman is what I had in mind. Read The Clearing, a murder most fowl! |
Night Falls on Damascus, Frederick Highland's newest mystery novel, holds up a mirror to the continuing puzzle of the Middle East as it weaves a rich and engrossing tale of murder, revenge, and the corruption of power. Discover Nicolai Faroun's Damascus through five fascinating articles by Frederick Highland. |
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Are you new to stamp collecting? Better still, are you an old hand, seasoned to the ways of the collector, the philatelist?
It's time to review some basic terms used by those who love these little bits of paper in The Devil's Glossary of Stamp Terms.
