COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Gill, Leslie MacDonald, 1884-1947
Author:
Great Britain. Royal Mail
Date:
1937
Short Title:
Mail steamship routes. MacDonald Gill, 1937. P.R.D. 182.
Publisher:
Royal Mail
Publisher Location:
Portsmouth
Type:
Separate Map
Obj Height cm:
99
Obj Width cm:
123
Scale 1:
45,000,000
Note:
Colorful world map depicts the Mail steamship routes that carried the majority of the UK’s international mail during the 1930s. Commissioned by the General Post Office in 1937. Framed by illustrations of the transport links through which the post would pass. A series of eleven vignettes showing postal and maritime history, the development of sailing vessels from the time of King Alfred to the RMS Queen Mary. Includes new redesign of GPO logo by MacDonald Gill.
World Area:
World
Subject:
Postal
Subject:
Pictorial map
Full Title:
Mail steamship routes. MacDonald Gill, 1937. P.R.D. 182.
List No:
8175.000
Publication Author:
Gill, Leslie MacDonald, 1884-1947
Publication Author:
Great Britain. Royal Mail
Pub Date:
1937
Pub Title:
Mail steamship routes. MacDonald Gill, 1937. P.R.D. 182.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
8175.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Height cm:
99
Pub Width cm:
123
Image No:
8175000.jp2
Authors:
Gill, Leslie MacDonald, 1884-1947 ; Great Britain. Royal Mail
