GPO Clear And Correct Addressing Windsor
Original vintage GPO General Post Office poster - Clear and correct addressing speeds your mail - featuring a great black and white illustration by the artist and wood engraver John Farleigh (Frederick William Charles Farleigh; 1900-1965) depicting Windsor Castle visible on the horizon through the trees from a scene in the Shakespeare comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor in which Sir John Falstaff is 'pinched' for his villainy by the Mistress Quickly's fairies - "Postmen are as earthbound as Mistress Quickly's fairies. They sort letters by addresses rather than by inspiration; and to carry a letter to Windsor or anywhere else, it is useful to have the right address. For the record, the correct address of the scene of Sir John Falstaff's discomforture is: Windsor Great Park, Windsor, Berks" - the text below in black and red against the orange border. Printed by The Baynard Press. Very good condition, minor tears and faint creases on margins.
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