[3][4] The film opens with commercial artist Barnett Freedman[5] 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'.

Victorian England is depicted as snobbish and illiterate, quite unlike the modern Britain run by the clever managers and innovators of the interwar years.

[6] The final part of the film looks at the rise of stamp collecting, a democratic hobby enjoyed by the young and old of all classes.

[7] The film ends with stills from King George V's private stamp collection.