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Letter Mails By Air To East And South Africa, Egypt, Palestine ...

Poster
1937 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Letter Mails By Air To East And South Africa, Egypt, Palestine, India, Ceylon, Burma, Malaya'. Colour lithograph poster, signed 'E McKnight Kauffer, hon.R.D.I.', numbered 'PRD 189' and stamped on the back 'S. A. Garrad'.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLetter Mails By Air To East And South Africa, Egypt, Palestine ... (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'Letter Mails By Air To East And South Africa, Egypt, Palestine ...' Colour lithograph poster designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and issued by the General Post Office, Great Britain, 1937.
Physical description
'Letter Mails By Air To East And South Africa, Egypt, Palestine, India, Ceylon, Burma, Malaya'. Colour lithograph poster, signed 'E McKnight Kauffer, hon.R.D.I.', numbered 'PRD 189' and stamped on the back 'S. A. Garrad'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.1cm
  • Width: 50.7cm
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, hon.R.D.I.' (Signed)
  • 'PRD 189' (Numbered)
  • 'S. A. Garrad' (Stamped on the back)
Subject depicted
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 numbers
  • 22/G12 - V&A microfiche
  • PRD 189 - numbered on sheet
Collection
Accession number
E.531-1980

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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