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title: Smaller Parcels Quicker Service!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-smaller-parcels-quicker-service-1939/
description: A smiling woman in railway uniform runs with four parcels, with a 'Passenger Train' truck behind her and the slogan 'Smaller Parcels Quicker Service!'
section: Collection
---

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# Smaller Parcels Quicker Service!

A smiling woman in railway uniform runs with four parcels, with a 'Passenger Train' truck behind her and the slogan 'Smaller Parcels Quicker Service!' above the Railway Executive Committee name. The only tell is the slogan's comparative claim ('quicker'), which gives no figures; the poster is an instruction to send smaller parcels, not an appeal built on fear or enemy imagery.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
SMALLER PARCELS QUICKER SERVICE!

PASSENGER TRAIN

BERT THOMAS

RAILWAY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

[imprint:] 561 / HAYCOCK PRESS, LONDON.
```

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