Oct 25, 2018 - Sale 2490

Sale 2490 - Lot 109

Price Realized: $ 5,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
DESIGNER UNKNOWN IMPERIAL AIRWAYS MAP OF EMPIRE ROUTES. 1934.
25x39 3/4 inches, 63 1/2x101 cm. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Ltd. London.
Condition B+: minor creases, abrasions and restoration at edges and along vertical and horizontal folds; minor creases and abrasions in image; repaired punch holes in corners.
A wonderful, rare route map with a decorative border of repetitions of the Speedbird logo and pictographic representations of the cities accessed by the airline. Within the map itself are silhouettes of the various aircraft used, including the "Heracles," "Scipio," "Scylla," "Hannibal," "Diana" and "Atalanta." British Aviation p. 50.