Night Mail : GPO : publicity booklet : George Scott-Byard : Publicity Branch : General Post Office : London : design by London Typographical Designers Ltd. : 1968 : sorting - bundling - bagging
A large format booklet issued in 1968 telling of the workings of the GPO's Travelling Post Offices - Night Mail - the rail service that allowed for the transportation and sorting of mail en route that ran in various forms from 1838 until 2004. It makes much of the seemingly 'heroic' nature of the services and uses text, by George Scott-Byard, photographs and bold illustrations to tell the story.
The booklet is designed by London Typographical Designers Ltd., established in 1946 as an early design house, and who produced an equally fine Royal Air Mail booklet for the GPO in 1964. The text takes the bold design choice of blue on a black background.
In many ways the booklet helps sell the thrilling story of night time expresses, frantic but skilled sorting of mail, interchange and the operation of the lineside apparatus that appears in the noted 1936 GPO Film Unit documentary "Night Mail".
Night Mail : GPO : publicity booklet : George Scott-Byard : Publicity Branch : General Post Office : London : design by London Typographical Designers Ltd. : 1968 : sorting - bundling - bagging
A large format booklet issued in 1968 telling of the workings of the GPO's Travelling Post Offices - Night Mail - the rail service that allowed for the transportation and sorting of mail en route that ran in various forms from 1838 until 2004. It makes much of the seemingly 'heroic' nature of the services and uses text, by George Scott-Byard, photographs and bold illustrations to tell the story.
The booklet is designed by London Typographical Designers Ltd., established in 1946 as an early design house, and who produced an equally fine Royal Air Mail booklet for the GPO in 1964. The text takes the bold design choice of blue on a black background.
In many ways the booklet helps sell the thrilling story of night time expresses, frantic but skilled sorting of mail, interchange and the operation of the lineside apparatus that appears in the noted 1936 GPO Film Unit documentary "Night Mail".