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FeaturesPresident’s Message — Roger Brody 3From the Librarian’s Desk

— Tara Murray 8Colophon — David L. Straight 11Library News — Larry T. Nix 18The Association’s First Library

— Larry T. Nix 20Obscure Philatelic Journal Holds

the Key to Postal History Puzzle — David Straight & Tara Murray 21

APRL Librarian Serves as Chair of Library Group 30

The AIJP: A World Association for the Benefit of Philatelic Authors and Journalists — Wolfgang Maassen 31

Treasurers from the Library: A Quest — Tara Murray 40

What’s on Your Bookshelf — Charles Freeland 42

Philatelic Fiction: A Bibliography, Part II — Gerald Strauss, Paul Albright and Michael Meadowcroft 45

Philatelic Fiction: From the APRL — Bonny Farmer 52

Annual Silent Auction Expected To Set Records at Rocky Mountain Stamp Show 58

Philatelic Library Group Uses Technology to Keep in Touch 62

2011 Postal History Symposium 64

DepartmentsAPRL New Acquisitions 65Book Reviews 85Index of Advertisers 63Philatelic Literature Clearinghouse 89Philatelic Literature Contributors 44PLR Dealer Directory 93

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Philatelic FictionA Bibliography, Part II

Short Stories & Short Story CollectionsAymé, Marcel. “The Walker-

Through-Walls.” In The Walker-Through-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

by Gerald Strauss, Paul Albright, and Michael Meadowcroft

The first part of this bibliography, covering novels, appeared in the Phil-atelic 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 phi-lately 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 prog-ress. Therefore, we welcome suggested additions, which should be sent to Gerald Strauss at daka708@aol.com. 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 stamp-related films out there to be enjoyed, wouldn’t it be fun to have those in the APRL as well?

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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).

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.”

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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).

PlaysChristie, Agatha. The Spider’s Web

(1957).Kaufman, George S., and Moss Hart.

You Can’t Take It With You (1936).

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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).

FilmsAddress 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

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-Goldwyn-Mayer; Jules Dassin, Director.

Nine Queens [Nueve Reinas] (2001). Patagonik Film Group; Fabián Bielinsky, Director.

Penny Gold (1973). Fanfare Films/Scotia-Barber; Jack Cardiff, Director.

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.

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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).

*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).

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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).