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Season 16 · Episode 3
Penny Blacks & Twopenny Blues: How Britain Got Stuck on Stamps
0.01h 0mNovember 14, 2016
A look at how the introduction of the penny post changed Britain, and how enthusiasm for the first stamps led to the emergence of stamp-collecting as a popular hobby.
Episodes
- Episode 1Bridging the Gap: How the Severn Bridge Was Built
- Episode 2Sailors, Ships and Stevedores: The Story of British Docks
- Episode 3Penny Blacks & Twopenny Blues: How Britain Got Stuck on Stamps
- Episode 4Booze, Beans & Bhajis: The Story of the Corner Shop
- Episode 5Flights of Fancy: Pigeons and the British