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EMMANUEL LOUIS JOSEPH GAILLARD (1902-?) K.L.M BATAVIA - AMSTERDAM / JAVA - HOLLAND WEEKLY. Circa 1931. 38 1/2x25 1/4 inches, 97 3/4x64 cm. L. Van Leer & Co., Amsterdam. Condition B: replaced losses, repaired tears and restoration in margins; staining and foxing in margins and into side image. "In 1919, five years before Imperial Airways was even founded, KLM pilots began to fly Fokker F.IIs from Amsterdam to London. In 1924 KLM made a proving flight from Amsterdam to Batavia" (Fly Now! p. 125). By 1931, the company was flying these FIIs, shown in the poster, regularly on this route. Fly Now! p. 125.
