1979: Why Collect Stamps? | In the Post | BBC Archive

In The Post is a series of programmes on the subject of stamp collecting, introduced by Gwyn Richards and Jill Cochrane. The first programme in the series asks the obvious question and provides some of the answers. In the studio, actor, documentarian and collector of Boer War postal material Kenneth Griffiths, Dr. Douglas Latto, obstetrician, philatelist and practical joker, and Dr. Jean Alexander, one of the few women prominent in the stamp world. Clip taken from In The Post, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 8 January, 1979. You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?... You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive