Air Mail Routes

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Artist/Maker	General Post Office (issuer) Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph poster, signed and dated 'E McKnight Kauffer /35', numbered 'P.R.D. 123' and stamped on the reverse 'S. A. Garrad'.

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Categories	Prints Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Air Mail Routes (trade title)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Colour Lithography
Brief description	'Air Mail Routes'. Colour lithograph poster designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Issued by the General Post Office, Great Britain, 1935.
Physical description	Colour lithograph poster, signed and dated 'E McKnight Kauffer /35', numbered 'P.R.D. 123' and stamped on the reverse 'S. A. Garrad'.
Dimensions	Height: 101.4cm Width: 126.8cm Measurements taken from: Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Marks and inscriptions	'E McKnight Kauffer /35' (Signed and dated) 'P.R.D. 123' (Numbered) 'S. A. Garrad' (Stamped on the reverse)
Bibliographic reference	Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Other number	22/D11 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.532-1980

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O550605/air-mail-routes-poster-kauffer-edward-mcknight/

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