Post Much Earlier This Xmas

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Artist/Maker	General Post Office (issued by)
Place of origin	England (made)

Colour lithograph public information poster issued by the General Post Office during the Second World War, warning people to 'Post Much Earlier This Xmas'.

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Categories	Prints Christmas Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Post Much Earlier This Xmas (generic title)
Materials and techniques	printing Paper Colour Lithograph
Brief description	English poster issued during the Second World War (1939-1945) by the General Post Office entitled 'Post Much Earlier This Xmas'.
Physical description	Colour lithograph public information poster issued by the General Post Office during the Second World War, warning people to 'Post Much Earlier This Xmas'.
Dimensions	Size of sheet height: 30in Size of sheet width: 20in Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Credit line	Given by the Ministry of Information
Subjects depicted	General Post Office Christmas Second World War
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2146-1946

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O606012/post-much-earlier-this-xmas-poster-general-post-office/

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