New Look for U.S. Mail 1959 Article Art by Frank Tinsley

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Great article on the U.S. Postal Service that appeared in the December 1959 issue of Mechanix Illustrated magazine.  With first page art by Frank Tinsley.  Picture caption:  In 1957 Frank Tinsley envisioned rocket-carried mail, a system Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield now predicts may shortly be in use, probably before man reaches the moon...
Knowing all the problems of the Postal Service today, it's hard to believe some of the information in this article.  Unlike what we hear today about the mail service problems being caused by less snail mail and more email and use of todays technologies, they had major problems back in 1959.
Some excerpts from this amazing article:
Why does the most modern, efficiency-conscious country in the world have such a
Model T postal service
?
In 1957, delivering the U.S. mail meant a fat $
522,000,000 deficit
for Uncle Sam.
If all goes well, say in 1984, no human hand will touch your letter until it is delivered. Instead of the customary canvas bags, your letter will begin its long trip in an aluminum or plastic container that can be opened or closed automatically. These containers will be mechanically dumped on a conveyor system.
Sound incredible?  It is -- but even more incredible is the fact that all these machines either exist now or are in advanced stages of development.  This includes a super-brain that "reads" any address printed by a standard typewriter and directs the letter along its proper route.
As a final suggestion for the post office of tomorrow -- why not send letters by television?  A TV mail system would entail telecasting of letters from the sender's post office and photographing them, either off the screen or by an elctronic printer, at their destination.  Equipment for such a scheme also is already in existence but needs considerable development and refinement before it could be put into practical use.
Any of the above sound familiar?  Rocket mail, sorting machines, maybe even something like email???
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Article is the original pages from the magazine.  Pages 69-70; 71-72; 161-162; 163-164; 165-166. Five double-sided pages.  Article is full page on 70 and 71, part of one column on 161, 1/2 page on 163, and part of one column on 165.
You will receive the entire five double-side pages from the magazine.  Pages have yellowed with age and is a little brittle.  Mechanix Illustrated was not printed on high quality paper.  Still very readable and collectible.
I will place pages in plastic sleeve and add a piece of white foam board for mailing by USPS First Class mail in bubble envelope.
I'll mail the same day, or next day after PayPal payment is received.
Interesting--an old article about the postal service--delivered by todays postal service.
Lots of info follows on this wonderful artist with fantastic visions of a world he had never seen:
Frank Tinsley
(American, 1899-1965)
After he finished high school in 1917 he worked with an artist as an apprentice in the Research Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.  By 1920 he was listed as a freelance "Pen & Ink Artist" for unknown publications.  He also worked as a scenic artist and adviser-director for Cosmopolitan Films Inc., making silent moving pictures in NYC.  This early motion-picture studio was owned by William Randolph Hearst, who was a personal friend.
By 1928 he had begun to sell freelance interior story illustrations and pulp cover paintings to Action Stories, Air Stories, Air Trails, Bill Barnes Air Trails, George Bruce's Contact, Lariat Story, North West Stories, Sky Birds, War Birds, and Western Story.  The most memorable were his "Bill Barnes" series covers, starting from 1934. Stories were written by George L. Eaton.
In 1942 Tinsley was the author and illustrator of the serialized newspaper comic strip, "Yankee Doodle". The name of the strip was soon changed to "Captain Yank".
In the 1950s he wrote and illustrated numerous articles for Mechanix Illustrated.
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