Poster
c. 1943 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Colour lithograph text poster reading: ON SERVICE ON SERVICE ON SERVICE over 52,000 officers of the Post Office are with the Armed Forces or on full-time Civil Defence duties. THOSE WHO REMAIN Counter Clerks, Engineers, Postmen, Telegraphists, Telephonists, Sorters and all others are doing thier best to maintain the traditions of the POST OFFICE.
Lettered across the bottom of the sheet: TYPOGRAPHIC ARRANGEMENT BY AUSTIN COOPER public service is their watchword P.R.D. 246 PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY ST. MICHAEL'S PRESS LTD LONDON. 51-406
Lettered across the bottom of the sheet: TYPOGRAPHIC ARRANGEMENT BY AUSTIN COOPER public service is their watchword P.R.D. 246 PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY ST. MICHAEL'S PRESS LTD LONDON. 51-406
Object details
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| Brief description | "On Service"(text only poster) by Austin Cooper, UK, early 1940s. |
| Physical description | Colour lithograph text poster reading: ON SERVICE ON SERVICE ON SERVICE over 52,000 officers of the Post Office are with the Armed Forces or on full-time Civil Defence duties. THOSE WHO REMAIN Counter Clerks, Engineers, Postmen, Telegraphists, Telephonists, Sorters and all others are doing thier best to maintain the traditions of the POST OFFICE. Lettered across the bottom of the sheet: TYPOGRAPHIC ARRANGEMENT BY AUSTIN COOPER public service is their watchword P.R.D. 246 PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY ST. MICHAEL'S PRESS LTD LONDON. 51-406 |
| Credit line | Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1004-2004 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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