kasvik
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What I collect: Cancels mostly, especially Sweden Gävle and Lidingö, Switzerland Geneva, Germany Pforzheim
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Post by kasvik on Jan 3, 2023 14:13:58 GMT
For those with access, Talking Pictures TV will show the 1936 British documentary film, ' BFI: Night Mail' on Monday 16 January at 15:00.
The film documents the operation of the Royal Mail train delivery service; With a running time of 116 minutes, the film shows the various stages and procedures of the operation of the train where the mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and ultimately delivered in Scotland overnight.
Other viewings may be available...
Have fun and happy collecting!! It's glorious. Breathtaking with the excitement of a lost world. And new to me. I got impatient; found it on Daily Motion:
That version is just 22 minutes, though. I' have no idea what the rest on Talking Pictures might be. And the Auden poem: allpoetry.com/Night-Mail |
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Post by captphil on Jan 3, 2023 19:23:51 GMT
I don't believe anyone has yet mentioned Thomas Pynchon's early novel "The Crying of Lot 49." The title refers to the auctioning of a spurious Thurn & Taxis stamp, but that is the just one of many storylines. One never knows what Pynchon is writing about, he's just writing and I always enjoyed unraveling his knots into bits of loose string.
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Post by captphil on Jan 3, 2023 19:27:07 GMT
I also recall an episode of Top Gear in which they raced a letter carried by Royal Mail from London to the Orkneys. The letter won.
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BermudaSailor
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What I collect: British colonies, primary Bermuda
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Post by BermudaSailor on Jan 23, 2023 18:54:41 GMT
I just saw an episode of the Crown on Netflix in which there is a few scenes that set the context of the relations between Russia and the UK featuring King George V at the family breakfast table. He is immediately portrayed as a philatelist, as he points out to the royal family a variation of color on a Ceylon war issue stamp. Moving forward he seems to have difficulties concentrating on matters of state, as he discusses other variations.
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kasvik
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What I collect: Cancels mostly, especially Sweden Gävle and Lidingö, Switzerland Geneva, Germany Pforzheim
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Post by kasvik on Jan 23, 2023 23:32:16 GMT
I just saw an episode of the Crown on Netflix in which there is a few scenes that set the context of the relations between Russia and the UK featuring King George V at the family breakfast table. He is immediately portrayed as a philatelist, as he points out to the royal family a variation of color on a Ceylon war issue stamp. Moving forward he seems to have difficulties concentrating on matters of state, as he discusses other variations.
Huh, King George V, too? Stamps routinely distract me from issues of state, also. Can't my minsters do anything themselves?
Mary! The tea's gone cold again!
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marki
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Post by marki on Jun 10, 2023 20:46:46 GMT
‘The Lost Letter’ (2017), a book by Jillian Cantor tells the story of a young Jewish apprentice engraver in nazi Austria who, apart from his work for the Germans, helps the Resistance sending underground messages and forge papers. The most important message he had managed to pass on was only discovered some 50 years later🙂
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Post by marki on Jun 10, 2023 20:53:32 GMT
In his autobiography ‘The Tongue Set Free’, Bulgaria-born Austrian Nobel laureate Elias Canetti recalls his uncle getting him hooked into the stamp collecting back in his native Ruse and later, when moving to Manchester, exchanging stamps with his schoolmates.
Interestingly enough, the stamp dealer in Ruse, another prominent member of the Ladino Jewish community in the city, was among the first stamp dealers in Bulgaria and by far the most important one.
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Post by jamesw on Jul 25, 2024 16:36:16 GMT
Do TV shows count? Shown, and discussed elsewhere, from the first episode of the Munsters (1964). Herman and Lily get invited to a costume party. Invite comes with a Canadian George VI stamp.  |
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Hugh
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What I collect: Worldwide Occupation Stamps and Postal History; and, anything that looks interesting.
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Post by Hugh on Jul 26, 2024 21:28:13 GMT
@rob222 You posted, "Today I saw another philatelic related movie. The movie is The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1941) starring Warren William (Michael Lanyard, the Lone Wolf - a reformed jewel thief) and Frances Robinson (Patricia Lawrence)". That. sounds. marvelous. I found a streaming copy on YouTube™ ... I'm going to make some popcorn on Saturday night and give it a go. I didn't post the URL. I'm not sure if it would work everywhere. But, if you're interested you can probably find it on Google. Or, send me a PM. The stamp is cool, too. Nice one. Edit: Update - I did indeed see it last night. Lots of fun (especially for me, I love old movies).
The acting was a bit over the top ... three stampy examples:
1 - The 'rare' stamp was kept loose in a jewelry box. Of course, that only made sense since a few minutes later it was placed loose in the collector's album. Yes, he brought his entire album to Cuba to buy this one stamp.
2 - And, this was realistic. The stamp dealer's reaction to the collector paying a bit extra for the stamp, beyond what was asked. I know I see my dealer do that all the time (smile)
3 - And, the collector (a hard as nails former jewel thief) being hysterical and almost crying as his stamps are being disrespected by the real bad guys. Of course, he was just pretending, it was just a ploy to escape. Having said that, his stamps (lose in the album, remember) were in fact blown every which way by a desk fan and the pages scattered over the floor of the casino. Ouch!
Great popcorn movie! |
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Post by daniel on Aug 3, 2024 3:24:18 GMT
I've been looking for one of these Mail Train stamps for some time now and finally managed to find three. According to Movie Stamps pdf at this link, unable to use images of real postage stamps, William O'Hara, a tax accountant for MGM, suggested that the studio should create its own stamps based on the 1912 5c parcel post stamp. It was produced in 3 colours and first used in the 1946 film 'A Letter for Evie'.  When someone used one on a letter, all copies were confiscated. I don't know if these are originals or later copies. A movie stamp was also used to promote the Eddie Cantor film, Special Delivery from 1927, also shown on the pdf. |
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Post by jamesw on Aug 12, 2024 21:34:06 GMT
There's a funny scene at the beginning of Woody Allen's Manhattan Murder Mystery where a neighbour he's just met is showing Allen his stamp collection ('Can you see the flaw in the lower left corner? That makes it quite valuable, you know!').
I recognize the look on Allen's face. I've seen it many times before.
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