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Brochure, One Billion British Pounds, GPO

This is a Brochure. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) British General Post Office. It is dated ca. 1936 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is offset lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.

Its dimensions are

18.1 × 12.2 cm (7 1/8 × 4 13/16 in.)

It is signed

Printed in script, in red ink, lower left: McKK

It is inscribed

Printed in black ink, on eighth page of brochure, lower right: PLM

Cite this object as

Brochure, One Billion British Pounds, GPO; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: British General Post Office; USA; offset lithograph on paper; 18.1 × 12.2 cm (7 1/8 × 4 13/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-580

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