Designs on Delivery: GPO Posters from 1930 to 1960: Air Mail
Airmail was introduced in the 1920s thereby creating faster communications links across the world compared to freight travel. A number of designs concentrated on telling people about how successful the service was by illustrating growth in the service. Designs often featured streamlined stylised planes that hinted at speed. The thumbnails below are links to larger images and more information.
Harold Sandys ("H.S.") Williamson (1892-1978) Loadiing air mails for the Empire: Croydon, 1934 1934 [+]
Size: Quad Crown Reference: The Royal Mail Archive POST 110/3174C (PRD 0142)
Theyre Lee-Elliott (1903-1988) Airmail, 1935 [+]
Size: Double Crown Reference: The Royal Mail Archive POST 110/2487 (PRD 0078)
Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) Quickest way by Air Mail, around 1935 [+]
Size: Double Crown Reference: The Royal Mail Archive POST 110/2488 (PRD 0111)
Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) Air Mail Routes, around 1937 [+]
Size: Quad Crown Reference: The Royal Mail Archive POST 110/3177 (PRD 0146)
All posters copyright © Royal Mail Group Ltd courtesy of the British Postal Museum & Archive unless stated otherwise. Contact k.stuckey@arts.ac.uk for more information.
The exhibition runs from 7th October - 4th November 2009 in the Well Gallery, London College of Communication, Elephant and Castle.
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