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Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster London Air Ceylon Airline Sri Lanka Sapphire

About the Item

Original vintage travel poster issued by Air Ceylon - Fly the Sapphire Service to London - featuring artwork by Mart Kempers (1924-1993) depicting a busy London city street scene with a delivery van, a taxi laden with tourist luggage and passengers sitting on an iconic red double decker bus in the foreground, lit up the glowing street lights with a clock on the buildings in the background, a plane flying by the bold title text in the night sky above and the Air Ceylon logo below. Founded in 1947 Air Ceylon was the national flag carrier until 1979; it was replaced by by Air Lanka (now Sri Lankan Airlines). Printed in the Netherlands by Kuhn En Zoon, Rotterdam. Good condition, restored tears, restored creasing, backed on linen.

Dimensions:

Height: 39.77 in (101 cm)Width: 25.2 in (64 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)

Materials and Techniques:

Paper

Place of Origin:

Netherlands

Period:

1950-1959

Date of Manufacture:

1950s

Condition:

Repaired: Restored tears, restored creasing, backed on linen. Good condition, restored tears, restored creasing, backed on linen.