Hand in your greetings telegrams in advance : poster issued by the UK General Post Office, 1953, designed by F H K Henrion
For Coronation Year a regal Lion and a Unicorn to set the scene for the GPO's reminder that you could hand in Greetings Telegrams in advance of transmission (unlike by their very nature 'emergency' telegrams). Greetings Telegrams for festive occassions such as weddings and birthdays were hugely popular in the day and the GPO eventually cashed in with the introduction of specially deisgend Greetings Telegram forms and matching envelopes; some now being quite collectable.
The artist and designer here is the then well known F H K Henrion MBE FSIA. Henrion was another of the German born designers who came to the UK during the turbulent 1930s and here he stayed, despite being interned at the start of WW2. He went on to be one of the greatest designers and proponents of corporate identities as well as being an influential teacher. His company was one of the founding partners of Henrion Ludlow Schmidt, the design agency.
Hand in your greetings telegrams in advance : poster issued by the UK General Post Office, 1953, designed by F H K Henrion
For Coronation Year a regal Lion and a Unicorn to set the scene for the GPO's reminder that you could hand in Greetings Telegrams in advance of transmission (unlike by their very nature 'emergency' telegrams). Greetings Telegrams for festive occassions such as weddings and birthdays were hugely popular in the day and the GPO eventually cashed in with the introduction of specially deisgend Greetings Telegram forms and matching envelopes; some now being quite collectable.
The artist and designer here is the then well known F H K Henrion MBE FSIA. Henrion was another of the German born designers who came to the UK during the turbulent 1930s and here he stayed, despite being interned at the start of WW2. He went on to be one of the greatest designers and proponents of corporate identities as well as being an influential teacher. His company was one of the founding partners of Henrion Ludlow Schmidt, the design agency.