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According to the United States Postal Service website:
Mr. ZIP was based on an original design by Harold Wilcox, son of a letter carrier and a member of the Cunningham and Walsh advertising agency, for use by a New York bank in a bank-by-mail campaign. Wilcox's design was a child-like sketch of a postman delivering a letter. The figure was used only a few times, then filed away. Later, AT&T acquired the design and made it available to the Post Office Department at no cost.
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Informative post! I like to read such historical post. Thanks for sharing this one.
Posted by: עמדת עבודה | 02 November 2011 at 02:32 PM
I HAVE SOME FULL SIZE MR ZIP POSTERS.. WHAT ARE THEY WORTH
Posted by: GENE | 16 March 2012 at 04:19 PM
haha that is so cool! mr. zip... yea that definitely looks like a 1960's cartoon... much less strange than the cartoons that are out there nowadays!
Posted by: Online Bingo | 23 March 2012 at 07:47 PM
Lol!! mr zip - more like mr flip - the USPS is almost bankrupt.... I mentioned the cartoon in my other post but I LOVE MR ZIPPY!!!
Posted by: Online Bingo | 23 March 2012 at 08:04 PM
old advertising is just fabulous, they are so much fun and always so happy! maybe they should bring back mr. zip for moral support :)
Posted by: Online Bingo | 24 March 2012 at 06:21 PM
"old" is the back! Vintage advertisements are being appreciated by a lot more people. Truth is, a lot of vintage products are.
Posted by: Enjoy Online Bingo | 04 May 2012 at 04:03 AM