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Original Vintage Midcentury Travel Poster Far East Fly By BOAC L'Extreme-Orient

1950s

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Original vintage travel poster advertising L'Extreme-Orient Voyagez par BOAC / Far East Fly by BOAC. Great mid-century design featuring the back of a rickshaw numbered 326 in the foreground and a person in a white outfit and hat pulling another rickshaw below colourful Chinese lanterns against the blue background, the text advertising travel to Asia and the Far East in French. 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. Good condition, restored folds, restored tears, restored small paper losses and pin holes, ink mark from printing error, restored creasing, backed on linen.
  • Creation Year:
    1950s
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 39.77 in (101 cm)Width: 24.81 in (63 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Good condition, restored folds, restored tears, restored small paper losses and pin holes, ink mark from printing error, restored creasing, backed on linen.
  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU4365036812
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