Social Message Cable & Wireless
Original vintage advertising poster for Cable & Wireless Ltd - You can send a social message to any part of the Empire for 5/- from this Post Office. Dynamic design on a dark background with a compass marking N E S W over a globe in the bright white 5 and the stylised text below in white, orange and yellow. The flat rate Empire Social Telegram was introduced in 1939 with 12 words costing 5 shillings as an alternative to a Letter Telegram that required a minimum of 25 words. The British telecommunications company, Cable & Wireless, was founded in the 1860s and purchased by Vodafone in 2012. Printed in England by Sir Joseph Causton & Sons Ltd, London EC4 and Eastleigh Hants (since 1700s, established 1869-1989). Good condition, folds, light bumps on margins.
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