Season 2

 

11 The Mauritius penny

 

Writers: Malcolme Hulke & Terrance Dicks

10 November 1962

recorded 18 October 1962

 

Synopsis

When the Mauritius Penny, a very rare stamp, is offered for sale in an ordinary sale catalogue, a stamp collector informs Steed, and is killed for his trouble. Steed visits the stamp dealer's shop and gets a lead to the stamp auction room where he meets Lord Matterley, a rich collector, and Shelly, owner of the auction room.

 

CAST

ACTOR/ACTRESS

ALSO PLAYED IN

Brown

Alfred Burke

Dragonsfield
The girl from Auntie

Gerald Shelly

David Langton

November five
The £50,000 breakfast

Lord Matterley

Richard Vernon

XXX

Sheila Gray

Sylvia Langova

Dragonsfield

Maitland

Edward Jewesbury

XXX

Peckham

Harry Shacklock

A change of bait
Thingumajig
Man-eater of Surrey Green

Goodchild

Philip Guard

XXX

Burke

Alan Rolfe

XXX

Charlady

Grace Arnold

XXX

P.C. Andrews

Edward Higgins

The forget-me-knot

Miss Power

Delia Corrie

XXX

Porter

Raymond Hodge

XXX

Lorry driver

Edwin Brown

The nutshell

Lorry driver's mate

Anthony Blackshaw

The sell-out
Esprit de corps
Super secret cypher snatch

Foreign delegate

Theodore Wilhelm

XXX

Boy

Anthony Rogers

XXX