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Article: Dracula stamp gets a launch at Whitby Abbey.
- Article from:
- Whitby Gazette (Whitby, England)
- Article date:
- June 9, 2008
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DRACULA may bite your neck but from today you will be able to lick his back.
A commemorative stamp has been launched in Whitby to mark the 50th anniversary of the release of the iconic horror film, Dracula.
The stamp will go on sale today and to mark the occasion Whitby ghost tour organiser Harry Collett went in search of Bram Stoker's creation at Whitby Abbey.
The six stamps also depict famous films from the Hammer and Carry On stables.
Classic Carry On and Hammer Films stamps take the public back to 1958, a year which saw the release of Dracula and Carry On Sergeant, films produced on shoestring budgets but which kick-started a ...