Airmail. Into the air

This design by Theyre Lee Elliott was the first airmail "selling" poster approved by the advisory group in May 1934.

Influenced by information graphics and the idea of a global visual language, the increasing volumes of airmail deliveries are displayed in pictorial form.

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Airmail. Into the air

Airmail. Into the air


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