PRINTING BLOCK, 'GREETINGS STATE SHIPPING SERVICE', wood

H1996.315

Metal printing plate nailed to wooden block bearing the words 'Greetings/ STATE SHIPPING SERVICE/ 1940-1941'. Right hand top corner a lantern, left hand bottom corner a ships wheel waves across bottom of block and also two beams of light radiating from lantern. Clouds and birds represented across top of plate. Silver sparkles on plate.
Back of wooden block torn pages glued to block - (The Bankruptcy Act, 1892). Page appears to have nothing to do with printing block - no connection.

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: H1996.315
Accession Date: 20 Jun 2014
Credit: State Print

Material

Metal0 - Whole
Wood0 - Whole
Paper0 - Whole

Measurement

length148mm
width95mm
height22mm

 

 

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