The yellow mailbox
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| description | Youth magazine for the postal , telegraph , telephone and radio sectors |
| Area of Expertise | communication |
| language | German |
| publishing company | Publishing house culture and science in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) |
| First edition | April 1, 1954 |
| attitude | End of November / December 1970 |
| Frequency of publication | monthly later every two months |
| Editor-in-chief | Gerhard Kretschmann , Federal Ministry for Post and Telecommunications |
The yellow letter box was a magazine for school children that was published monthly by the Federal Ministry for Post and Telecommunications between 1954 and 1970. It was an advertising magazine for the Deutsche Bundespost . Gerhard Kretschmann acted as editor, the magazine was published by Verlag Kultur und Wissenschaft in Frankfurt am Main.
history
The postal children's newspaper “The Yellow Mailbox” first appeared on April 1, 1954, after a special edition had previously been published in August 1953. "The yellow mailbox" was regularly published every two months and was given out free of charge to schoolchildren aged 10 to 14 in order to present the "postal customers of tomorrow" in a form appropriate to them at an early stage in clear pictures and clear, simple language about work and Familiarize yourself with the tasks of postal and telecommunications. The newspaper is usually distributed by the deliverers, in some cases also through the schools.
Initially, the magazine was published with the additional title A magazine for hard-working children , later a magazine for schoolchildren . The content consisted of informal reports. B. reports on the invention of television on the occasion of Paul Nipkow's 100th birthday , as well as short stories and of course from advertising for various postal services; Postal savings book , postal bus trips , postage stamps et cetera.
At the end of 1970 "The Yellow Mailbox" was discontinued with issue 6/1970.
Illustration and graphic design of the issues (selection)
The editions were always richly illustrated. The following artists / graphic designers took over the illustrations and graphic design:
- 1954:
- 1955: Cover picture and illustrations by Kieser-Michel. Further illustrations by Bele Bachem, Wolfgang Felten and Annele Smirnoff.
- 1956: Rudolf Nieß , Müller + Blase, Günther Stiller and Fritz Griebel .
- 1957:
- 1958: Dieter von Andrian , Rudolf Nieß, Günther Stiller, Werner Labbé and Atelier Grifflenberg.
- 1959: Dieter von Andrian, Rudolf Nieß, Reinhart Heinsdorff , Rolf Lederbogen , Hans Michel , Günther Kieser , Hans Hillmann and Ernst Winkel.
- 1960: Rudolf Nieß, Wolfgang Felten, Karl Oskar Blase , Bert Jäger and Walter Sexauer.
- 1961:
- 1962:
- 1963: Heinz Schillinger , Wolfgang Felten, Hans Michel and Günther Kieser.
- 1964: Günther Magnus, Paul Effert, Hans Michel and Günther Kieser.
- 1965:
- 1966: Dieter von Andrian
- 1967: Dieter von Andrian
- 1968: Paul Froitzheim, Gerd Keim, Paul Effert, GHMagnus, Herbert Titz and Dieter Freiherr von Andrian.
- 1969: Dieter von Andrian
- 1970: Dieter von Andrian
literature
- Alphons Silbermann : Comics and Visual Culture: Research Studies from ten Countries. Walter de Gruyter 1986, ISBN 3-111-65239-4 , p. 238.
- Association of Swiss Graphic Artists : Graphis: International Journal for Graphic and Applied Art, Volume 18, Issues 99-104 Verlag Amstutz and Herdeg. 1962.
- Handheld dictionary of postal services
Individual evidence
- ↑ Concise dictionary of the postal system; 1st supplement to the 2nd edition; P. 163
- ↑ Concise dictionary of the postal system; 3. Edition; P. 473