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New Postage Stamps

Date released

17 Mar 1968

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

68/23

NoS ID

113004

Story no

2 / 7

Extras

1 film clip

Four new postage stamps spanning more than 2,000 years of British bridge building history were put on show prior to their over-the-counter sales next month.

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Stamping Through Mathematics (Video)

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 1995 hire: £5.00

An overview of the history of mathematics from earliest times to the modern computer age. The talk is illustrated by slides of 70 postage stamps featuring mathematics and mathematicians.

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Shakespeare Stamps (1964 Film)

Newsfilm. Footage of the set of 5 postage stamps which will commemorate Shakespeare’s 400th birthday when the National Shakespeare Festival opens on April 23rd. Also footage of the stamps designer David...

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Post office dispute (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with chairman of the Post Office Users’ National Council (POUNC) John Morgan, on planned price rises by the Post Office, including rises on postage stamps, in the context of a current dispute by...

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Postage Helps Painter

Date released

12 Nov 1964

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1849A

NoS ID

025749

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Postage Helps Painter. DESCRIPTION: Signor Albergamo of Rome uses old postage stamps to create reproductions of famous works of art. The reproductions are works of art in themselves -...

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Making Postage Stamps

Date released

Oct 1963

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

17

NoS ID

327584

Story no

3 / 6

NoS synopsis: The printing of a postage stamps in a factory in southern England, including stamps produced to assist the Freedom From Hunger Campaign.

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Post Office performance (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview about how the Post Office can improve its productivity, and the increasing price of postage. Is management to blame for its problems?

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Ron Dearing on post office (1985)

Genre

Interview

Post office chairman Sir Ron Dearing on the averted postal strike and the price of stamps. Interviewer not identified. Sound level is very low.

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Post Office strikes (1979)

Genre

Interview

Post Office union spokesman Charles Elliott, about the effect of new industrial action on the supply of stamps to post offices. Male interviewer not identified.

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Jubilee Postage Stamps

Date released

25 Apr 1935

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

500

NoS ID

141424

Story no

1 / 10

Extras

1 commentary sheet

Filmed for first time.

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