Organisation
General Post Office
The V&A has 107 works related to General Post Office.
Made between 1900 and 2000, these objects form part of the Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection, National Art Library and Furniture and Woodwork Collection. We hold work made from paper, ink and printing ink. Related makers include Associated Automation Ltd.
From the collections
99 of 107 objects made by General Post Office
Save for National Safety, Poster, Frank Newbould, 1940s
Post before Noon for first delivery next morning, Poster, designed by Lewitt-Him, 1941
Poster, Hans Schleger, 1940s
Envelope, third British general greetings telegram, Print, designed by Whistler, Rex, 1936
Third British general greetings telegram, Print, designed by Whistler, 1936
First British St. Valentine's Day greetings telegram, Print, designed by Whistler, 1936
The first British greetings telegram, Print, James, Margaret Calkin, 1935
Greetings telegram, designed by Herbert, Stanley, ca.1951
Properly Packed Parcels Please, Poster, issued by GPO, ca. 1968
Be First Not Last. Travel Early Shop Early Post Early, Poster, Eckersley, Tom (OBE), 1951
Outposts Of Britain. A Postman In Northern Ireland, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1937
Over the 'phone, trade catalogue, designed by Lee-Elliott, Theyre, 1930s
Extension (telephone) / GPO, trade literature, published by GPO, ca. 1936]
Outposts of Empire. Ceylon, Poster, Vickery, John, 1937
Remember 2 1/2D For Inland Postcards ..., Poster, François, André, 1960
Early Use Of The Magnet, Poster, designed by Fraser, Eric George (FSIA), ca.1946-50
Graham Bell's Telephone 1876, Poster, designed by Fraser, Eric George (FSIA), ca.1946-50
Post Early for Christmas Week, Poster, Freedman, Barnett (C.B.E., R.D.I), 1937
Hertz's Radio Set 1886, Poster, designed by Fraser, Eric George (FSIA), ca.1946-50
Post Early in Christmas Week, Poster, designed by Freedman, Barnett (C.B.E., R.D.I), 1933
Wheatstone's Tape Telegraph 1858, Poster, designed by Fraser, Eric George (FSIA), ca.1946-50
79,242 Postmen, Poster, Grant, Duncan, c.1930-1939
Loading the transatlantic mail at Falmouth 1833, Poster, Harold Sandys Williamson, 1934
Mail Coach A.D. 1784, Poster, Armstrong, John, 1936
The King's Messenger A.D. 1482, Poster, Armstrong, John, 1936
Pheidippides 490 B.C., Poster, Armstrong, John, 1936
Royal Mail A.D. 1935, Poster, Armstrong, John, 1936
Outposts Of Britain. A Postman In Northern Ireland, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1937
Cheaper Empire Telegrams, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1938
Outposts Of Britain. A Postman In The Pool Of London, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1937
Outposts Of Britain. A Postman In Northern Scotland, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1937
South And East African Air Mail. Make Every Day Posting Day, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1937
Outposts Of Britain. Posting Box At Lands End, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1937
Outposts Of Britain. Posting Box At Lands End, Poster, designed by Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1936
Outposts Of Britain. A Postman In The Pool of London, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1937
Contact With The World Use The Telephone, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1934
Letter Mails By Air To East And South Africa, Egypt, Palestine ..., Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1937
The Post Office Private Teleprinter Broadcast System, trade literature, published by GPO, 1938
Air Mail: post in the blue box, trade catalogue, designed by Theyre Lee-Elliott, 1930s
Colour sample, designed by British General Post Office, 1960s
Telephone, British General Post Office, 1977
Stamp, General Post Office, ca. 1972
Stamp, General Post Office, ca. 1972
Stamp, General Post Office, ca. 1972
Stamp, General Post Office, ca. 1972
Print, General Post Office, ca. 1972
Stamp, General Post Office, ca. 1972
Village church commemorative stamps, Postage stamps, designed by Maddox, Ronald, ca. 1972- Post Early This Christmas, Poster, designed by Fraser, Eric George (FSIA), ca.1948
- Properly Packed Parcels Please, Poster, designed by Amstutz, 1965, February
- Contact with the world use the telephone, Poster, designed by Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 20th century
- Air Mail Routes, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, ca. 1937
- A Postman in Northern Scotland, Poster, designed by Kauffer, Edward McKnight, October 1937
- Please pack parcels very carefully, Poster, designed by Eckersley, Tom (OBE), April 1959
- Please pack parcels very carefully, Poster, designed by Eckersley, Tom (OBE), ca.1940s-1950s
- Please pack parcels very carefully, Poster, designed by Eckersley, Tom (OBE), September 1957
- Properly Packed Parcels Please, Poster, issued by GPO, 1966, April
- Properly Packed Parcels Please, Poster, designed by Karo, ca. 1968
- "Post early again this Christmas", Poster, designed by Lewitt-Him, 1941
- "Post your letters before noon", Poster, designed by Lewitt-Him, 1936
- Empire Air Mail Scheme, Poster, Peingdnum, ca.1937
- Outposts of Empire, Poster, Vickery, 1937
- Outposts of Empire, Poster, Vickery, 1937
- Correct Address St. James's Place, London SW1, Poster, designed by Bargery, Geoffrey, 1966
- Wherever you go … there is a branch of the National Savings Bank … at the Post Office, Poster, designed by Bargery, Geoffrey, 1970
- His tools for today are his security for tomorrow, Poster, Harry Stevens, ca. 1965
- I prescribe - Post Office Savings Bank, Poster, Broomfield, Robert, c.1965
- I advocate the Post Office Savings Bank, Poster, Broomfield, Robert, c.1965
- Air Mail Routes, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1935
- Cheaper Empire Telegrams, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1938
- Properly Packed Parcels Please, Poster, designed by Amstutz, André, c.1966
- Please pack parcels very carefully, Poster, Eckersley, Tom (OBE), c.1954
- Please pack parcels very carefully, Poster, Eckersley, Tom (OBE), c.1954
- Post Early This Christmas, Poster, designed by Fraser, Eric George (FSIA), ca.1948
- A Postal Guide To The Maze of London, Poster, designed by Lewitt-Him, ca.1950
- Travel Shop Post Early, Poster, designed by Henrion, Frédéric Henri Kay (M.B.E., R.D.I.), ca.1953
- Your Christmas packets & parcels should be posted by Dec. 18, Poster, designed by Lewitt-Him, c. 1941
- Outposts of Empire. Central Australia, Poster, Vickery, John, 1937
- Wings for Victory, Poster, issued by General Post Office, ca. 1943
- Cheaper Empire Telegrams, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1938
- Wheatstone's tape telegraph 1858, Poster, Eric Fraser, 1935
- Early use of the magnet, Poster, Eric Fraser, mid 1930s
- Mail Coach AD 1784, Poster, John Armstrong, 1953
- Telegraph Less, Poster, Austin Cooper, early 1940s
- Telephone Less, Poster, Barnett Freedman, 1943
- Telephone Less, Poster, Barnett Freedman, 1943
- Every Shilling You Save..., Poster, designed by Eric George Fraser, 1940-5
- Post Early and Don't Miss the Noon Post, Poster, designed by Eric George Fraser, 1941
- Telegraph Less , Poster, Man, Maurice
- Post Your Letters before Noon, Poster, Lewitt-Him, 1941
- Think Twice before making any trunk call, Poster, Lewitt-Him, 1944
- Post much earlier this Christmas, Poster, Lewitt-Him, 1941
- Post much earlier this Christmas, Poster, designed by Lewitt-Him, c. 1941
- Poster, designed by Eric George Fraser, 1930s
- Properly Packed Parcels Please, Poster, designed by Amstutz, André, ca. 1968
- Post Early in the Day, Poster, Keely, Pat, 1937
- Post Early and don't miss the Noon Post, Poster, designed by Fraser, Eric George (FSIA), 1941
- Don't Annoy Your Friends By Under-Stamping, Poster, designed by Unger, Hans M. M., 1954
- Travel Shop Post Early, Poster, designed by Henrion, Frédéric Henri Kay (M.B.E., R.D.I.), ca.1953