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Lot 108: Advertising Poster Telephone Trunk Call Post Office Communication GPO

Started by paul-f, April 20, 2022, 11:04:00 AM

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Closing soon in the UK.

"Susan Makes a Trunk Call"

The auctioneer provided a nice image for our enjoyment (below).

Description

Original vintage advertising poster by GPO Post Office - Susan makes a Trunk Call - featuring an illustration showing the route of the call from little girl to her Granny - Susan dials the exchange and asks for the number. Her voice goes over wires and along cables to the exchange. The operator connects the call through more cables at least one more big exchange more wires, and perhaps a small country exchange and Susan talks to Granny three hundred miles away. - Designed by R.C. Smith - West One Studios Ltd. GPO logo in the bottom right corner. Horizontal. Good condition, creasing, tears, staining, paper loss in margin. Country of issue: UK, designer: R.C. Smith, size (cm): 74x93, year of printing: 1960s.

Antikbar Original Vintage Posters
April 23, 2022, 2:00 PM BST
London, United Kingdom

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/Advertising-Poster-Telephone-Trunk-Call-Post-Offi-108-c-8704EEFB97
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