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Stamp of Success

Date released

23 Jan 1969

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2068A

NoS ID

027714

Story no

3 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Stamp of Success. DESCRIPTION: The other side of the postage stamp business - the Post Office’s service to Collectors - is featured at the Philatelic Bureau in Edinburgh, the largest...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Trailer: Buy in Bulk

Date released

30 Sep 1948

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1008A

NoS ID

015344

Story no

1 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Trailer - Buy in Bulk Stamps. SHOTLIST: CU 2 1/2d postage stamp. Wipe to queue in Post Office, at head is man with many parcels. 2 shots of queue, people are falling asleep, reading...

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You Can’t Lick ‘Em

Date released

10 Feb 1964

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1810

NoS ID

025425

Story no

3 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: You Can’t Lick ‘Em. DESCRIPTION: It’s been called the most dramatic innovation since the introduction of the Penny Post in 1840. A postage stamp for Sierra Leone shaped like a map...

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Coronation Coins

Date released

29 Jun 1967

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1986A

NoS ID

026948

Story no

5 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Coronation Coins. DESCRIPTION: When Tonga’s new King is Crowned in July, the Friendly Isles will celebrate with an issue of new stamps and new coinage, the most valuable ever minted....

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Tom Jackson on vote against cheap Christmas post (1978)

Genre

Interview

Tom Jackson, General Secretary of the Union of Post Office Workers (UPOW), on a vote against introducing a cheaper Christmas stamp, costing 5p. Delegates also rejected proposals to reintroduce Sunday...

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Stanley Gibbons

Date released

1975

Series name

This Week In Britain

Issue no

858

NoS ID

329099

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: In 1840, Britain invented the world’s first postage stamp - and she’s still the only country not to put her name on her stamps. So perhaps it’s only natural that London is still the...

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Hong Kong Stamps

Date released

Oct 1963

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

17

NoS ID

327583

Story no

2 / 6

NoS synopsis: Visits a postage stamp exhibition held in Hong Kong’s City Hall. The exhibition, which was opened by government administrator, Mr C.B. Burgess, marked the 100 years that the country’s...

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News in Colour: Toy Exhibition and Royal Stamp Collection

Date released

8 Nov 1965

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1901

NoS ID

026214

Story no

3 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News in Colour (Toy Exhibition and Royal Stamp Collection). DESCRIPTION: A preview of some of the toys - of various kinds and for all age groups - on show at the Toy Exhibition in...

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