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Properly Packed Parcels Please

Poster
ca. 1968 (made)
Artist/Maker
GPO, General Post Office (issued by)
Karo (designer)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (made)

Poster

Object details

Categories
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleProperly Packed Parcels Please (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Paper
Ink
Printing Ink
Printing
Brief description
"Properly Packed Parcels Please". GPO poster by Karo (pseudonym of George Brzezinski). UK, ca. 1968.
Physical description
Poster
Dimensions
  • Height: 73.5cm
  • Width: 91.9cm
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
Subject depicted
Post Offices
Place depicted
United Kingdom
Other number
LS.1002 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.105-2004

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Record createdAugust 15, 2005
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O115318/properly-packed-parcels-please-poster-karo/
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