Miniature Writing AKA Lord's Prayer On Postage… 1954

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Lord's Prayer on Postage Stamps. Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

C/U of man (Mr Ronald Wyles) sharpening point of pen nib on emery paper. C/U man finishing sharpening point of pen picks up magnifying glass and looks through it at pen nib. M/S of man who now dips pen into ink and then wipes it on...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45084
Sort Number:
NP 534
Time in/Out:
01:42:04:00 / 01:43:17:00
Canister:
NP 534
Film ID:
1377.24
Issue Date:
06/12/1954

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