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Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster BOAC Smaller World By Speedbird 1950s

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Original vintage travel advertising poster - it's a smaller world by Speedbird fly BOAC - featuring a great mid-century design depicting a modern map of the world on a red globe reflected on an old world map showing tall ships sailing at sea set on a shaded blue sky background with white clouds and the Speedbird logo as a plane flying at speed across the image, the stylised lettering running diagonally below. British Overseas Airways Corporation in association with QEA SAA and TEAL (Qantas Empire Airways, South African Airways, Tasman Empire Airways Limited; now Air New Zealand). The British Overseas Airways Corporation / BOAC was the British state airline created in 1940-1946 as the result of a merger, introducing the world's first passenger jets to its service in 1952 and merging again in 1971-1974 to create British Airways / BA. Printed in Great Britain by McCorquodale & Co., London. Good condition, restored tears, restored creasing, ink stamps on the margins, backed on linen.
  • Creator:
    Beverley Pick (Artist)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29.93 in (76 cm)Width: 20.08 in (51 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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  • Date of Manufacture:
    1950s
  • Condition:
    Repaired: Restored tears, restored creasing, backed on linen. Good condition, restored tears, restored creasing, ink stamps on the margins, backed on linen.
  • Seller Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1012636979822
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