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Stamps

Series

Series Name
Carrousel Britanico

Issue

Issue No.
15
Date Released
Nov 1965
Length of issue (in feet)
858
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The British Toy Fair
  2. 2Helping Teaching With Visual Aids
  3. 3Stamps
  4. 4Goya In London
  5. 5Dramatic Training In London

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
COI synopsis: To celebrate the centenary of Stanley Gibbons, the world’s largest stamp dealers, a great exhibition of valuable stamps was recently held at the Royal festival Hall in London. Stamps were sent by collectors in many countries. Among them was the world’s rarest stamp - the One Cent from British Guiana - the world’s first stamp - a famous British Penny Black - which is now worth one hundred and fifty pounds sterling. To commemorate this event, the Post Office issued special souvenir envelopes marked with the centenary post mark.
Researcher Comments
NB: The same story appeared in ‘Parade 26’ and ‘Roundabout No. 52’
Keywords
Exhibitions and shows
Written sources
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 44 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1168/15
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Web
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Phone
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Fax
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Address
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Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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