Overview

BPMA Curator Douglas Muir describes the postal history of the reign of George V from the exciting developments in airmail through to the work of the Post Office in wartime. The new Post Office Underground Railway, innovation in art and design for Post Office posters, and the famous GPO Film Unit are all covered.

• • Softback
• • 288 pages

The postcards are:

• Poster advertising the first scheduled air mail service, 1911.
• Edward VII 2d ‘Tyrian Plum’ Stamp.
• King George V Wembley Empire Exhibition 1924 stamp design by Harold Nelson.
• Greetings Telegram for Valentines Day, 1936 by Rex Whilstler.
• King George V Wembley Empire Exhibition 1924 St. George stamp design by Harold Nelson.
• Artwork for poster advertising the Post Office Tube Railway, 1935 by Edward Bawden.