Tag Archives: GPO poster

What is the range of activity of the commercial artist in Britain?

By crownfolio | Published: September 7, 2011

That’s what this copy of Graphis is asking in 1950. (And yes, the cover is by Tom Eckersley). Unfortunately for us, most of the answers are in black and white, apart from this design for Kia-ora by Lewitt-Him. And this Christmas advertisement for Simpsons of Piccadilly. I think there may have been some more at [...]

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New Term

By crownfolio | Published: September 5, 2011

It’s September, school has started (in the case of small Crownfolio, for the very first time) and the auction season is getting back into gear too.  First in the queue are International Poster Auctions in New York, whose Auction of Rare Posters is on Sept 8th. Most of what’s on offer consists of things that [...]

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Travel, send, deliver

By crownfolio | Published: July 22, 2011

Please accept my apologies in advance, but Quad Royal is going to be a bit flakey for the next few weeks.  Not only is it the summer holidays, but we are apparently moving house next month too.  A normal service will resume in September, I hope. None of which is the reason for the short [...]

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Stuff Stuff Stuffety Stuff

By crownfolio | Published: July 11, 2011

It’s time for a round-up of what’s for sale at the moment.  I’ve been swerving this for a few days, mainly because there are bits on offer all over the place in a rather scattergun fashion.  But bear with me and we will take a tour, starting with the Swann Galleries. Unfortunately their new catalogue [...]

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Redirection

By crownfolio | Published: July 7, 2011

The British Postal Museum and Archive have changed their website.  Now I know that this may not count as the most earth-shattering information you have ever received, but from where I am standing it’s good news indeed.  And when my old bookmark retrieves their new website, I am perhaps appropriately now greeted with this, which [...]

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Recent Acquisitions

By crownfolio | Published: June 24, 2011

In the days when I used to be in the V&A, which is quite some time ago, each department used to have cases where they displayed recently bought objects, before they found their place in the main collection, with a small paper sign in which read Recent Acquisitions.  A friend of mine got hold of [...]

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