Oct 15, 2020 - Sale 2547

Sale 2547 - Lot 22

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

WILSON (DATES UNKNOWN)

IRAQI AIRWAYS / IRAQI STATE RAILWAYS. Circa 1950.


30x20 inches, 76 1/2x50 3/4 cm. McCorquodale & Co., Ltd., London.
Condition A-: minor repaired tears and abrasions at edges; minor creases along horizontal fold. Paper.

Iraqi Airways was founded in 1945 as a department of the Iraqi State Railways, and began operations in 1946. Originally using five De Havilland Dragon Rapides, the BOAC helped the airline order three Vickers Vikings, delivered at the end of 1947. The Vikings were replaced in 1953 with the Viscount. The YI-ABP Vickers Viking is illustrated in this poster, flying over the airway's current routes.