Hong Kong Stamps
Series
- Series Name
- Roundabout
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 6
- Summary
- NoS synopsis: Visits a postage stamp exhibition held in Hong Kong’s City Hall. The exhibition, which was opened by government administrator, Mr C.B. Burgess, marked the 100 years that the country’s postal service has been in operation.
- Researcher Comments
- NB: This story and ‘Making Postage Stamps’ appeared as a single item in ‘Parade No. 26’. There seems to have been no Roundabout released for September 1963 according to the production documents.
- Keywords
- Postal services; Exhibitions and shows
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 45 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1072/17
- Credits:
-
- Commentator
- Brian Cobby
- Production Co.
- British Pathe Ltd.
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
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- British Film Institute (BFI)
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How to cite this record
'Hong Kong Stamps', Roundabout Issue No. 17, Oct 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/327583 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)