Language Of Stamps Issue Title - Carry On… 1940

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Note: Probably filmed in the Pathe studio.

M/S of women putting a large pile of letter into a letter box. The commentator informs us of the "... language of stamps" which he describes of the ".. lingo of love". Various diagrammatical shots of stamps on envelopes at various angles. Each position...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43027
Sort Number:
NSP 239
Time in/Out:
01:14:07:00 / 01:16:12:00
Canister:
NSP 239
Film ID:
1296.07
Issue Date:
31/10/1940

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