Stamps On Television

In the movie The Imagination Imitation Game, in current release in some locations, in the scene in which Alan Turing interviews at Bletchley Park, the admiral's desk has a letter holder containing a clearly visible letter that appears to be correctly franked with a KGVI definitive.

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Bujutsu wrote (a couple of years ago)


That was a Mission Impossible episode, a while back I tried to find the name of the story on IMDB without success. It had Leonard Nimoy in it. Landeau had left by that time.

What was somewhat amusing was that the villian who had the very rare "Wellington Black" was going through his stamps and they showed him with a very common stamp, one of those Hungarian Postage Dues, a red or a green with the little number in the middle.

I've been catching up on my Father Brown mysteries (2013-15 Series starring Mark Williams).

In S03E01 The Man in the Shadows, a postcard is a significant clue for the Father. The card and stamp are clearly visible as the father and MI5 investigate a murder.

Thanks for clearing that up for me Lokomotiv.

I couldn't exactly remember where I saw that, but it comes back to me now

Chimo

Bujutsu

Thanks for clearing that up for me Lokomotiv. I just couldn't remember where I saw the "Wellington Black".

Chimo

Bujutsu

I just saw the "Foyle's War" episode that started this thread. They show a close shot of a mint inverted jenny hinged to an album page. It looked more like it was just placed on the album page, but it makes me wonder if it was real and how they got the footage.

On "The Simpsons", Homer is dismissing many extremely valuable things at a flea market when he finds a full sheet of inverted jennys. He tosses them aside as no good with the comment "airplane's upside down".

LOL - leave it to Homer.

I got a kick out of those series.

Chimo

Bujutsu

The mission impossible episode referenced above with the "Wellington Black" is "Chico", named after the dog who plays a part in the episode. It's available on youtube.

Matt

There is an Avengers episode with Honor Blackman that deals with stamps.

I seem to recall a The Saint episode with Roger Moore dealing with stamps, too, but I may be wrong about this one.

There was a Columbo episode about a stamp collector. I do not recall if he was the victim or the bad guy.

Father Brown Season 05 Episode 13 The Tanganyika Green

Father Brown solves a mystery involving the theft of 4 stamps.

Good Ol' Mr Wilson on Dennis the Menace was a stamp collector.

You Can't Take It with You is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Capra and starring Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, and Edward Arnold. Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart,[3] the film is about a man from a family of rich snobs who becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family. (Wikipedia)

Lionel Barrymore, Grandpa is quite eccentric. He is referred to as a stamp expertizer. He is often seen working on his stamps.

Excellent movie!

If you are in the UK there was a whole program regarding stamp collecting recently and is still available on iPlayer.
It was OK but probably didn't tell us anything we didn't already know.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b082v57b

Anyone else watch 'Madame Secretary' last night? The main character was working behind the scenes to resolve an international crises and complained to her husband she felt unappreciated- 'I'll never be on a stamp'. The husband replied with something like "Stamps are being phased out'.

Well there it is.