East Anglia-based agency Silk Pearce has designed the envelope, detailed insert card and commemorative postmark for Royal Mail and Royal Mint to celebrate 200 years of the abolition of slave trade in the UK.
The first day cover design was inspired by the text from a 200 year-old poster calling for the abolition of slavery, which Silk Pearce unearthed during research. The poster is on display in Hull’s Wilberforce House Museum, William Wilberforce’s birthplace.
\"Royal Mail, who led this joint project with Royal Mint, really challenged our design team to ensure we devised an informative and creative solution that accurately and sensitively reflected this controversial period of British history,\" said Harvey Lyon, designer at Silk Pearce.