Aug 03, 2016 - Sale 2421

Sale 2421 - Lot 575

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
S.C.H. (MONOGRAM UNKNOWN) LLOYD EXPRESS NACH NEW YORK. 1937.
46 3/4x33 1/4 inches, 118 1/2x84 1/2 cm. Meissner & Buch, Berlin.
Condition B+: restored losses in margins, some into image; repaired tears, creases and overpainting in margins and image and along vertical and horizontal folds.
The Bremen and the Europa were sister ships constructed in 1929 and 1930. They each set record times traveling across the Atlantic between Germany (Bremen) and New York. Their speed accounts for the word "Express." One of several different text variations.