The Wild Side - Philatelic Mischief, Murder & Intrigue

An eye-opening journey into the side of the philately you never hear about. A first-hand (and often not-so-pleasant) narrative of real-life encounters with philatelic con men, crooks, and scammers told by dealer with decades in the stamp business. Meet a rogues' gallery of shadowy characters, eccentrics, and even murderers - all real people inhabiting the dark underside of philately. The Wild Side - you won't be able to put it down.

Stephen R. Datz is America’s most prolific stamp-book author, with eight other philatelic books and more than a hundred articles in such stamp periodicals as Scott’s Monthly Journal and The Stamp Wholesaler. He is the former editor of StampMarket Update. He lives in Loveland, Colorado.