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21 June 2020

Sunday Stamps | Dad's Army

Dad's Army is a BBC television situation comedy about the antics of a British Home Guard unit during the Second World War in the fictional seaside town of Walmington-on-Sea. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft and broadcast on the BBC from 1968 to 1977.

Royal Mail marked the 50th anniversary of this enduring and hugely popular sitcom with a set of eight Special Stamps.





This is a Sunday Stamps post. You can go there to see other Father Figures on stamps.

13 comments:

  1. violet s21 June, 2020

    I found this show on youtube and at one time was going through it episode by episode from the beginning, then decided I wasn't that invested in it. Maybe it was funnier in the 70s?
    Anyway, I like your choice!

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    1. Mail Adventures21 June, 2020

      I've never seen the series, actually.

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    2. Heleen24 June, 2020

      My parents used to watch the serie (and laugh out loud :-) ), so I saw it, too. And although I, as a child in the 70ies, didn't understand the jokes and even didn't realize that the story took place in a war, I liked the happy atmosphere of the actors and my laughing parents. So I was very happy when I received 'Daar komen de schutters' (Dutch name for the serie) stamps!

      Nowadays series from the 70ies look very slow :-)

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    3. Mail Adventures24 June, 2020

      I completely agree with the last sentence. Particularly the cartoons... everything takes them forever! :P

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  2. Joy21 June, 2020

    I thought the 'don't panic' one of this set would be good one to send if someone was having a significant birthday. The show repeats still run here. Nice to have the St Ives postmark.

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    1. Mail Adventures21 June, 2020

      Someone chose one from this series when I asked for a stamp that summarised life during the last months: "We're dommed. Dommed!" :D

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  3. FinnBadger21 June, 2020

    A clever find for today's theme. I'm impressed with how many of these you've received.

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    1. Mail Adventures21 June, 2020

      I've got these four (maybe a repeated one or two). Half of my mail comes from the UK. And people try to send nice stamps, you know.

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    2. FinnBadger22 June, 2020

      And two very nice postmarks in this group.

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  4. M21 June, 2020

    Don't Panic! Don't Panic!

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  5. Bob Scotney23 June, 2020

    'Don't Panic" with Corporal Jones is my favourite. The show is still be shown on UK TV.

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Thank you for coming. All your comments make me extremely happy.