| LANGUAGE OF STAMPS Film demonstrating how stamps can be used to send affectionate messages. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 7043 | |
| Catalog #: | 490351 | |
| Clip Number: | 490351-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 239 | |
| Timecode: | 01:04:26 - 01:06:34 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1940 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Love, Romance, Courtship COMMUNICATIONS: Unusual LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England MAIL: Stamps | |
| Description: | LANGUAGE OF STAMPS Film demonstrating how stamps can be used to send affectionate messages. CU of a newspaper headline about taxes. M/S of women putting a large pile of letter into a letter box. Narrator says that since the cost of stamps is going up, you need to make everyone count. Man at a desk says "How man Bs in..." Same man with the word "Censored" across his mouth. Woman writing a letter. She licks stamp and puts on envelope. Then she raises envelope to lips and kisses it. 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 of the stamp on the envelope has a meaning, e.g. an upside down stamp in the top left hand corner means "I Love You", while an angled stamp in the bottom left hand corner means "I Like You - But Only As a Friend". Several shots of some famous stamps on display including the Cape of Good Hope Penny and the Hawaiian Two Pence. | |
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