Nay, Blair.
A genuine curiosity for me, I was/am fishing
for comments
The author who wrote it back in the 80's, wrote
under a nom-de-plume, but I always had an inkling
it was a philatelist of renown from Perth here.

Just as Otto Hornung surprised me his suggestion
he stored stamps around moth balls, this came as a surprise.

So?...your opinion?