The British Postal Museum and Archive Podcast
Summary: British postal services helped to shape the modern world. The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) works to make this human story of communication, industry, and innovation accessible to everyone. We care for the visual, written and physical records of over 400 years of postal development. Our podcast presents recordings of talks in which specialists and experts explore aspects of philately, stamp collecting and the British postal service.
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Podcasts:
Oliver Carter-Wakefield explores disease and occupational illness amongst Post Office staff during the latter half of the 19th Century
Chris West explores British history as illustrated by some of our most expressive, quirky, beautiful and baffling stamps.
BPMA Archivist Anna Flood discusses the earliest Christmas cards, the cards that followed, and the reasons for sending them.
David Hay, Head of Heritage at BT Group Plc, explores the radical change in Post Office telephone marketing strategy in the 1930s
The history of the General Post Office Photograph Unit/Public Relations Department and the collection of photos now in the Royal Mail Archive.
An intriguing collection which includes teabags dropped over Holland during wartime and the first airmail stamp
In the centenary year of the sinking of RMS Titanic Julian Stray tell the stories of a handful of mail ships which paid the ultimate price.
The Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection, Michael Sefi, introduces and discusses aspects of one of the world's greatest collections of stamps. (Mr Sefi appears by permission Buckingham Palace)
The long and often strained association between the Post Office and the rail companies.
Exploring the design innovation in messages written on Edwardian postcards.
Revealing the real stories of postal workers and buildings that were affected by the Blitz.
The eccentric habits of W Reginald Bray who enjoyed testing the Post Office Regulations to their limits.
The eccentric habits of W Reginald Bray who enjoyed testing the Post Office Regulations to their limits.
Professor Brian Goodey reviews the buildings chosen for British stamp issues (and non-issues), and discusses the picture of British architecture that they generate.
An examination of the life of Britain's first contemporary monarch, George V.