A series of ten programmes about postage stamps introduced by GWYN RICHARDS and JILL COCHRANE 7: Air Mails
Some philatelists maintain that the world's first air mail was the olive branch carried by Noah's dove. Over the intervening centuries bows and arrows, balloons, airships and aeroplanes have all played a part in the development of the service. In the Post tells the story of air mails from pigeons to space rockets.
Produced by JOHN PERCIVAL BBC Bristol