11-year-old Jo Halstead from Oxford poses with her winning design for the Royal Mail’s “My Pen Friend” competition. – Vintage Photograph

On February 8th, 1994, 11-year-old Jo Halstead from Oxford, England, posed with the framed poster incorporating her winning design for the Royal Mail International’s “My Pen Friend” Drawing Competition. The poster was 16.5 centimeters deep and 10 centimeters wide, and featured the spelling of C in “MAIL” as seen on the Oxford calendar.On February 8th, 1994, 11-year-old Jo Halstead from Oxford, England, posed with the framed poster incorporating her winning design for the Royal Mail International’s “My Pen Friend” Drawing Competition. The poster was 16.5 centimeters deep and 10 centimeters wide, and featured the spelling of C in “MAIL” as seen on the Oxford calendar.

Dimensions: 17.2 x 25.3 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-NQOX-04905856

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OCR computer generated text:

Mail Inalar TICKNELL FUELS TITAN ALARMS ROSE HILL LOCAL OFFICE SOLAGLASS January AUGUST GIN Royal Mail International 1994 Winners of “My Pen Friend” Drawing Competitio March June SEPTEMBER AGE FERMS WAVE Per Pal POVPALL NOVEMBER APRIL October July DECEMBER

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PEN PAL DESIGNER AWARD, ROYAL MAIL, SANDY LANE, OXFORD. PICTURED WITH THE FINISHED FRAMED POSTER INCORRPRATING HER WINNING DESIGN IS 11 YEAR OLD JO HALSTEAD FROM OXFORD. PIC:TERRY LEE. pen pic Page. MI f.1. deep pic strange coffect 16.5CMS 10 cms wide spelling of C in MAIL OXFORD alendar first par 8 FEB 1994 Pox office.