The King's Stamp (1935)

Directors

William Coldstream

Cast

Barnett Freedman

The story

The film opens with commercial artist Barnett Freedman sketching designs before working freehand to produce a lithostone. In the second section, Freedman's relaxed dealings with senior GPO officials are contrasted with Rowland Hill's struggles to introduce the penny post'. Hill gets his way eventually, but the public still struggle with the idea of stamps.

Genres

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