No title. New issue of Christmas stamps on display at Trafalgar Square, London.
Extreme C/U 1/6d stamps, Christmas issue. C/U notice outside Trafalgar Square Post Office: "Special issue stamps". Interior of post office: people queue to buy new stamps. C/U notice on counter: "New stamps at...
No title. New issue of Christmas stamps on display at Trafalgar Square, London.
Extreme C/U 1/6d stamps, Christmas issue. C/U notice outside Trafalgar Square Post Office: "Special issue stamps". Interior of post office: people queue to buy new stamps. C/U notice on counter: "New stamps at this position". C/U Post Office assistant tearing out stamps. Extreme C/U: three penny stamps. M/S man walking from counter with sheet of stamps. C/U two customers with new stamps. Man places parcel on counter. C/U notice on wall asking for properly packed parcels. M/S man sliding parcels down chute. Extreme C/U stamps on a parcel being franked. Camera zooms back to reveal gigantic parcel containing girl. M/S as girl in parcel slides down the chute.
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