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Posters came in a number of different sizes in the Second World War:
| Name | Size in inches | Size in centimetres |
| Quarter Crown | (Unknown) | (Unknown) |
| Demy | 8 ½” x 5 ½” | 21 ½ x 13 cm |
| Mini Quad | 12” x 16” | 31 x 41cm |
| (Unknown) | 13” x 9” | 33 x 23 cm |
| Crown | 15” x 20” | 38 x 50cm |
| Single Crown | 15” x 20” (same as Crown) | 38 x 50cm (same as Crown) |
| Crown Folio (CF) | 15” x 10” | 38 x 26cm |
| Double Crown (DC) | 30” x 20” | 76 x 51 cm |
| Royal | 20” x 25” | 50 x 64 cm |
| British half sheet | 22” x 28” | 56 x 76cm |
| British one sheet | 27” x 40” | 74 x 151cm |
| Quad Crown (QC) | 30” x 40” | 76 x 102 cm |
| Double Royal (DR) | 40” x 25” | 102 x 64 cm |
| Quad | 40” x 30” | 102 x 75 cm |
| Quad Crown Broadside | 40” x 30” | 102 x 76cm |
| Quad Royal (QR) | 40” x 50” | 102 x 127 cm |
| 4 sheet | 40” x 60” | 151 x 101cm |
| Single Sheet | 60” x 40” | 152 x 102 cm |
| 16 sheet | 120” x 80” | 200 x 300 cm |
| 32 sheet | 120” x 160” | 304 x 406 cm |
| 48 sheet | 120” x 240” | 304 x 609 cm |
Vertical dimensions should precede width, although in some cases this was not clear.
Information for this table is taken from: Moriarty, C., Rose, J., and Games, N., Abram Games: Graphic Designer – Maximum Meaning, Minimum Means, 2003, p.187; Onslow’s Auctions, Catalogue, PS3103/99, March 31 1999, P&D, ‘Print and Display Ltd. – Design Den – Outdoor Specs’, http://www.printanddisplay.ie/new_designDen_outdoorSpecs1.htm, accessed August 17 2002; Primedia ‘Primedia Outdoor – Material Specs’, http://www.primeoutdoor.co.za/material.cfm, accessed August 17 2002; Learn About Movie Posters ‘British Posters’, http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/index/foreign/british.asp, Accessed August 17 2002; Gleeson, J., Miller’s Collecting Prints & Posters, 1997, p.150; ‘Paper Sizes’, Livingston, A. and Livingston, I., The Thames and Hudson Encyclopaedia of Graphic Design and Designers, 1992, p.150, 162; Edkins, J., ‘Printing Terms’, http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/print.htm, accessed August 17 2002.
