If philately is the new black, GPO posters are the rock ‘n’ roll!

January 15th, 2010 admin

Royal Mail’s Classic Album Covers stamp issue isn’t the first time that the Post Office has gone ‘rock ‘n’ roll’ – it also happened back in the 1930s when the Post Office began a wide-ranging artist-commissioning programme to drive its public information campaigns. This led to some of the most exciting work produced in what is now known as ‘mid-century modern’ poster design. The BPMA is fortunate in holding a treasure trove of Twentieth-Century poster design, a small portion of which was the subject …


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