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European Communications Office
The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) was established on June 26, 1959, by nineteen European states in Montreux, Switzerland, as a coordinating body for European state telecommunications and postal organizations. The acronym comes from the French version of its name ''Conférence européenne des administrations des postes et des télécommunications''. CEPT was responsible for the creation of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) in 1988. CEPT is organised into three main components: * Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) - responsible for radiocommunications and telecommunications matters and formed by the merger of ECTRA (European Committee for Telecommunications Regulatory Affairs) and ERC (European Radiocommunications Committee) in September 2001 **The permanent secretariat of the ECC is the European Communications Office (ECO) * European Committee for Postal Regulation (CERP, after the French ''"Comità ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Goaman
Geoffrey Michael Goaman (1921–2009) was a graphic designer and illustrator, who designed a number of British commemorative postage stamps starting with the 4d stamp in the set for the Coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953, and then many in the 1960s. He also designed record sleeves, logos and posters, and illustrated books. In the 1950s, he designed the logo of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT), which later featured on one of his stamp designs. Personal life Goaman was born on 14 February 1921 in East Grinstead, West Sussex, England. He was educated at attended Hereford Cathedral School and Reading School, and then served in the Royal Navy during World War II, captaining a destroyer in the Mediterranean and Atlantic theatres. After the war, he studied at Reading University's school of art, then at the Central School of Arts in London. He met fellow designer Sylvia Priestley (1924–2006), daughter of the writer J. B. Priestley, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |