Philatelic Literature Review

Philatelic Literature Review
Journal of the American Philatelic Research Library
Juvenile & Young Adult Literature
1st Quarter 2011
Vol. 60, No. 1
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President’s Message — Roger Brody3
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Library News — Larry T. Nix
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Obscure Philatelic Journal Holds
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The AIJP: A World Association for the
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Journalists — Wolfgang Maassen 31
Treasurers from the Library:
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What’s on Your Bookshelf
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Philatelic Fiction: A Bibliography,
Part II — Gerald Strauss, Paul
Albright and Michael Meadowcroft 45
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Philatelic Fiction
A Bibliography, Part II
by Gerald Strauss, Paul Albright, and Michael Meadowcroft
T
he first part of this bibliography, covering novels, appeared in the Philatelic Literature Review Vol. 59, No. 4 (4th Quarter 2010): 327–332.
This second section deals with other fiction genres. A collaborative
effort of three philatelists who also are avid readers of crime fiction, this study
has benefitted from the suggestions of other whodunit fans, whom we thank.
Fictional stamps, like other jewels, seem to gravitate to the world of theft,
murder and mayhem, so it is not surprising that most titles incorporating philately into their narratives are works of detection; however, we also document
a number of non-crime items. The degree of philatelic interest in the entries
varies considerably; in some it is central, but in many it is peripheral.
Like all bibliographers we strived to be comprehensive, but cannot claim
to have attained that goal and recognize we are presenting a work in progress. Therefore, we welcome suggested additions, which should be sent to
Gerald Strauss at [email protected]. Items available in the holdings of the
APRL are marked with an asterisk. Most are on the open shelves, some (as
indicated) are fragile and are held in the Closed Stacks for in-library use only.
Donations of missing titles would be welcomed. And with twenty-nine stamprelated films out there to be enjoyed, wouldn’t it be fun to have those in the
APRL as well?
Short Stories & Short Story Collections
Aymé, Marcel. “The WalkerThrough-Walls.” In The WalkerThrough-Walls (New York: Berkley,
1950). Originally published as Le
Passe-Muraille (Paris: Gallimard,
1943).
Benjamin, Dorothy. “The Real
Story.” In Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery
Magazine (July 1980).
Bercovici, Konrad. “The Little Man
of Twenty-Eighth Street.” In Dust
of New York (New York: Boni and
Liveright, 1919).
*Block, Lawrence. “Keller in Dallas.”
In The American Stamp Dealer &
Collector (July-August 2009); also
in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
(February 2011).
Capek, Karel. “Stamp Collection.” In
Tales from Two Pockets (London:
Faber and Faber, 1929).
Christie, Agatha. “Publicity.” In The
Sleuth, Issue #1652 (September 24,
1924). Reappeared in somewhat
different form as “A Fairy in the
Flat/A Pot of Tea,” in Partners in
Crime (New York: Dodd, Mead,
1929/London: William Collins &
Sons, 1929).
Christie, Agatha. “Strange Jest.” In
This Week magazine (November
2, 1941); as “A Case of Buried
Treasure” in The Strand magazine
(July 1944). Also in Three Blind
Mice and Other Stories (New
York: Dodd, Mead, 1950) and
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Miss Marple’s Final Cases (London:
Collins, 1979).
Davies, Robertson. “The Night of the
Three Kings.” In High Spirits (New
York: Penguin Books, 1983).
Darling, Jean. “I Never Saw His Face.”
In Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
(February 1991).
*Derleth, August. “The Adventure
of the Penny Magenta.” In Murder
Most Postal: Homicidal Tales That
Deliver a Message, ed. Martin H.
Greenberg (New York: Gramercy
Books, 2003, c2001).
Dickens, Charles. “My Nephew’s
Collection.” In All the Year Round
(July 19, 1862).
Edwards, Martin. “The Case of the
Sentimental Tobacconist.” In The
Strand Magazine (October 2003).
Erdrich, Louise. “Disaster Stamps
of Pluto.” In The New Yorker
(December 13, 2004).
Finney, Jack. “The Third Level.”
In Collier’s (October 7, 1950).
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Also in The Third Level (New
York: Rinehart, 1957) and in The
Clock of Time (London: Eyre and
Spottiswode, 1958).
Freund, Philip. “Black on Red.” In
The Spymaster (New York: Ives
Washburn, 1966).
Garvie, Charles. “Shhhhhh!” In Alfred
Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (May
1991).
Grant, Maxwell. “Three Stamps of
Death.” In The Shadow Magazine
(June 1945).
Greene, Graham. “Nobody to Blame.”
In The Tenth Man (New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1985).
*Greenberg, Martin H., ed. Murder
Most Postal (Nashville, TN:
Cumberland House, 2001). An
anthology of twenty-one stories
dealing with letters and mail, two of
which have philatelic elements and
are individually listed.
*Hanson, William R. “Sherlock
Holmes and the Hawaiian Treasure.”
In The American Philatelist (July
2001).
Holding, James. “The Only One of
Its Kind.” In Ellery Queen’s Mystery
Magazine (February 1981).
*Hornadge, Bill. Philatelic Fables
(New South Wales, Australia:
Review Publications Pty. Ltd., 1980).
Keller, Teddy. “The Plague.” In Analog
I, John W. Campbell, ed. (New York:
Doubleday, 1963).
Lovesey, Peter. “The Locked Room.”
In Winter’s Crimes 10, Hilary
Watson, ed. (London: Macmillan,
1978). Also in Butchers and Other
Stories of Crime (New York:
Mysterious Press, 1985).
Morland, Nigel. “The Faded
Moquette,” Edmund Michel-Tyl,
trans. In The Saint Magazine
(September 1966).
Page, George H. “A Story With a
Happy Ending.” In New England
Magazine (June 1899).
Porter, Joyce. “Stamping on Crime.”
In Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery
Magazine (September 1982).
Powell, James. “The Stollmeyer
Sonnets.” In Ellery Queen’s Mystery
Magazine (October 1966).
*Queen, Ellery. “The Adventure
of the One-Penny Black.” (Also
known as “The One-Penny Black.”)
Originally published in Great
Detective (April 1933). Also in The
Adventures of Ellery Queen (New
York: Pocket Books, 1934), and in
Murder Most Postal, ed. Martin H.
Greenberg (2001).
Queen, Ellery. “Abraham Lincoln’s
Clue.” First published as “The
Adventure of Abraham Lincoln’s
Clue” in MD: The Medical
Newsmagazine (June 1965);
reprinted in Ellery Queen’s Mystery
Magazine (March 1967); reprinted
as “Abraham Lincoln’s Clue”
in Q.E.D: Queen’s Experiments
in Detection (New York: New
American Library, 1968).
“Sapper” (Herman Cyril McNeile).
The Man in Ratcatcher & Other
Stories (New York: George H.
Doran, 1921).
Savage, Ernest. “The Frame.” In
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
(March 1981).
Simak, Clifford D. “Leg. Forst.” In So
Bright the Vision. (New York: Ace
Books, 1968).
*Stark, Dick. Philatelmania: Short
Stories About Stamp Collectors
(Stony Brook, NY: D. Stark, 2001).
Stone, Peter. “The Unsuspecting
Wife.” In Redbook (July 1961). The
basis of the screenplay for the film
Charade.
Strugatsky, Arkady and Boris. “The
Second Martian Invasion.” In
Vortex: New Soviet Science Fiction
(London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1970).
Ustinov, Peter. “Dreams of Papua.” In
The Frontiers of the Sea (New York:
Little, Brown & Co., 1966).
van de Weterling, Janwillem.
“Inspector Saito and the Twenty-sen
Stamp.” In Ellery Queen’s Mystery
Magazine (January 1983).
Wellen, Edward. “Fair Exchange.” In
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
(July 1976). Also in Ellery Queen’s
Windows of Mystery (New York:
Walker & Co., 1983).
Wellen, Edward. “The Frame-Up.”
In The Year’s Best Mystery and
Suspense Stories 1983 (New York:
Walker & Co., 1983).
Plays
Christie, Agatha. The Spider’s Web
(1957).
Kaufman, George S., and Moss Hart.
You Can’t Take It With You (1936).
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Gary Grant (Scott 3692) and Audrey Hepburn (Scott 3786) starred in and Henry
Mancini (Scott 3839) wrote the theme music for the 1963 movie Charade.
Melville, Frederick John. The Lady
Forger (1906).
Rebeck, Theresa. Mauritius (2006).
Swete, E. Lyall. The Philatelist (1922).
Willment, Frank. The Missing
Missionary. A play for adolescents,
published in Plays (October 1974).
Films
Address Unknown (1997). Leucadia
Film Corporation and Lost Letter
Incorporated; Shawn Levy, Director.
Barbados Quest (U.K., 1955). CIPA;
Bernard Knowles, Director. In U.S.:
Murder on Approval (1956).
Black Book (2006). Fu Woks
and Clockwork Pictures; Paul
Verhoeven, Director. Original title:
Zwartboek (Netherlands).
Brewster’s Millions (1985). Universal;
Walter Hill, Director.
Charade (1963). Universal; Stanley
Donen, Director. Based the Peter
Stone story “The Unsuspecting
Wife” in Redbook (July 1961). The
1963 book Charade is a novelization
of the film.
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939).
Warner Bros.; Anatole Litvak,
Director.
Der Mann, Der Sherlock Holmes
War [The Man Who Was Sherlock
Holmes]. Also known as Zwei
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Lustige Abenteurer [Two Merry
Adventurers] (1937). Universum
Film (UFA); Karl Hartl, Director.
Double or Quits (1938). Warner Bros;
Roy William Neill, Director.
Handcuffs, London (1955). Trinity;
Bernard Knowles, Director.
Heart and Souls (1993). Universal;
Ron Underwood, Director.
Jour de Fete (1949). Cady Films/
Panoramic Films; Jacques Tati,
Director.
The Late Show (1977). Warner Bros.;
Robert Benton, Director.
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940).
Columbia Pictures; Sidney Salkow,
Director.
The Mandarin Mystery (1936).
Republic Pictures; Ralph Staub,
Director. Based on the Ellery Queen
novel The Chinese Orange Mystery
(1934).
My Weakness (1933). Fox Film
Corporation; David Butler, Director.
Nazi Agent (1942). Metro-GoldwynMayer; Jules Dassin, Director.
Nine Queens [Nueve Reinas] (2001).
Patagonik Film Group; Fabián
Bielinsky, Director.
Penny Gold (1973). Fanfare Films/
Scotia-Barber; Jack Cardiff,
Director.
The Postman (1997). Tig
Productions/Warner Bros. Pictures;
Kevin Costner, Director.
The Postman Didn’t Ring (1942).
Twentieth-Century Fox; Harold D.
Schuster, Director.
Post Office Investigator (1949).
Republic Pictures; George Blair,
Director.
The Return of Tommy Tricker (1994).
Les Productions La Fete, Inc.;
Michael Rubbo, Director.
The Saint in Palm Springs (1941).
RKO Radio Pictures; Jack Hively,
Director.
Tommy Tricker and the Stamp
Traveller (1988). Les Productions La
Fete, Inc.; Michael Rubbo, Director.
Too Many Wives (1937). RKO Radio
Pictures; Ben Holmes, Director.
The Truth About Charlie (2002).
Universal; Jonathan Demme,
Director. A remake, with some
changes, of Charade.
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
(1969). Based on the Ursula Curtiss
novel The Forbidden Garden (1962).
You Can’t Take It With You (1938).
Columbia Pictures; Frank Capra,
Director. Based on the 1936 play of
the same name.
Juvenile & Young Adult Fiction
*Adrian, Mary. The Rare Stamp
Mystery (New York: Hastings
House, 1960).
*Ahlberg, Janet, & Ahlberg, Allan.
The Jolly Christmas Postman
(Boston: Little, Brown and Co.,
1991).
Arthur, Robert, Jr. “The Mystery of
the Three Blind Mice.” In Mystery
and More Mystery (New York:
Random House, 1966.
*Barr, Jene, and Chauncey Maltman
III. Mr. Mailman (Chicago: Albert
Whitman & Co., 1954)
*Barr, Marilyn. A Visit to the Post
Office and Fire Station; Two Coloring
Books in One (Fort Washington, PA:
P.S.I. & Associates, 1995).
*Brown, Margaret Wise, and Edith
Thacher Hurd. Seven Little Postmen
(New York: Random House/Little
Golden Book, 1980, 1952).
*Burtis, Thomson. Rex Lee, Ace of
the Air Mail (New York: Grosset &
Dunlap, 1929).
*Burtis, Thomson. Rex Lee, Gypsy
Flyer (New York: Grosset & Dunlap,
1928).
*Cartier, Karen. In the Land of Make
Believe: Fairy Tales, Folktales,
Legends, Fables, Children’s Stories
and Disney Depicted on Postage
Stamps of the World (Albuquerque,
NM: American Topical Association,
2000)
*Cartier, Karen. Tales by Mail. Book 1
(Arlington, TX: Legend lady Press,
2000).
*Cartier, Karen. Tales by Mail. Book 2
([Arlington? TX: Publisher K. and
Michael Cartier], 2006).
*Crome-Schwiening, C. Fritz, der
Sammler: eine Geschichte fur die
Jugend [Fritz, the Collector: A
History for the Young] (Leipzig:
Hugo Krotzsch, 1899); CLOSED
STACKS.
Cross, Anthony. “The Peculiar
Philatelist.” In Boy’s Own Annual
(1937).
*Dean, Graham M. Daring Wings
(Chicago: Goldsmith Publishing
Co., 1931).
*DePree, Mildred. A Child’s World
of Stamps; Stories, Poems, Fun and
Facts from Many Lands (New York:
Parent’s Magazine Press, 1973).
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*Dixon, Franklin W. (pseudo. of
Frank Duffield). Across the Pacific;
or, Ted Scott’s Hop to Australia (New
York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928).
The Franklin W. Dixon pseudonym
was used for the Ted Scott, Hardy
Boys, and other series produced by
the Stratemeyer syndicate. Frank
Duffield and Leslie McFarlane are
just two contract writers whose
work appeared under the Dixon
name.
*Dixon, Franklin W. Over the Rockies
with the Air Mail; or, Ted Scott
Lost in the Wilderness (New York:
Grosset & Dunlap, 1927).
Dixon, Franklin W. (pseudo. of Leslie
McFarlane). The Tower Treasure
(New York: Grosset & Dunlap,
1927). The first of the Hardy Boys
novels. New edition with major
revisions by Harriet S. Adams (New
York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1959).
Haley, Gail E. The Post Office Cat
(New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons,
1976).
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*Jackson, Gabrielle E. The Adventures
of Tommy Post Office: The True
Story of a Cat (New York: E. P.
Dutton, 1910).
Jonath, Leslie. Postmark Paris: A Story
in Stamps (San Francisco: Chronicle
Books, 2004).
*Klein, Arsene Dylan. Robert et
Renaud — Nouveaux philatelistes
(Montreal: Les editions du marche
philatelique de Montreal Inc., 1989).
Lofting, Hugh. Doctor Dolittle’s Post
Office (New York: J. B. Lippincott
Co., 1951).
*Moore, Samuel Taylor. Aces All
(Springfield, MA: McLoughlin
Brothers Inc., 1932).
*Newcomb, Ambrose. Wings Over
the Rockies; or, Jack Ralston’s New
Cloud Chaser (Chicago: Goldsmith
Publishing Co., 1930).
Philo (pseudo.). The Bluffton Stamp
Society; A Story for Young Stamp
Collectors (Chicago: Western
Philatelic Publishing Company,
1887).
Richards, Frank. Billy Bunter and the
Blue Mauritius (London: Charles
Skilton, Ltd., 1952).
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. Nate
the Great and the Sticky Case (New
York: Yearling, 1981).
*Sherman, Harold Morrow. Ding
Palmer, Air Detective (New York:
Grosset & Dunlap, 1930).
*Stamps Comics. Thrilling Adventures
in Stamps Comics (Canton, OH/
Buffalo, NY: Youthful Magazines,
Inc./Stamps Comics, Inc., 1951–
1953); CLOSED STACKS.
*Theiss, Lewis E. The Flying Reporter
(Boston: W.A. Wilde Co., 1930).
*Theiss, Lewis E. Flying the U.S. Mail
to South America (Boston: W. A.
Wilde Co., 1933).
*Theiss, Lewis E. From Coast to Coast
with the U.S. Air Mail (Boston: W.
A. Wilde Co., 1936).
*Theiss, Lewis E. Piloting the U. S. Air
Mail; Flying for Uncle Sam (Boston:
W. A. Wilde Co., 1927).
*Theiss, Lewis E. The Search for the
Lost Mail Plane (Boston: W. A.
Wilde Co., 1928).
*Theiss, Lewis E. Trailing the Air Mail
Bandit (Boston: W. A. Wilde. Co.,
1929).
*Tunnell, Michael O. Mailing May
(Mahwah, NJ: Troll Publication,
1997).
Turner, Gladys T. Papa Babe’s
Stamp Collection (Smithtown, NY:
Exposition Press, 1983).
*Turpin, Edna. Lost Covers (New
York: Random House, 1937).
*United States Postal Service. Postal
Mail Delivery Coloring and Activity
Book (Cordova, TN: United States
Postal Service Publication, 2000).
*Whitfield, Raoul. Silver Wings (New
York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941).
*Williams, Vera B. Stringbean’s Trip
to the Shining Sea (New York:
Mulberry Books, 1999).
*Wright, Philip Lee. The East Bound
Air Mail; or, Fighting Fog, Storm and
Hard Luck (New York/Newark, NJ:
Barse & Co., 1930).
*Wright, Philip Lee, and John
Prentice Langley. Pilots of the Air
Mail: Four Complete Flying Stories
for Boys in One Big Volume (New
York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931).
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