Original vintage advertising poster for Middle East airlines MEA featuring a colourful design by Jacques Auriac (1922-2003) showing the tail of a plane wrapped up with a white ribbon like a present and filled with objects including a rose flower, a wine glass, a watch and an elephant with is a second plane on the light blue background, the black text and the MEA cedar tree logo above and around the plane in the foreground: il vestero carico a km/ora 850 - your load at 850 km/hour. Founded in 1945 as Middle East Airlines (MEA), the national flag carrier of Lebanon based in Beirut was associated with BOAC until 1961; the airline merged with Air Liban and changed its name to Middle East Airlines - Air Liban SAL in 1963. Very good condition, creasing. Size: 81x53. Seller Inventory # PT2778

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Title: Original Vintage Poster Middle East Airlines...

Publisher: France

Publication Date: 1960

Illustrator: Jacques Auriac

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AntikBar is the London gallery specialising in original vintage posters covering a wide variety of subjects - travel, advertising, sport, cinema, war, propaganda - from around the world. Our stock is available to view at our gallery and on our website. We host regular original vintage poster auctions, offer collection advice, consultancy and search on demand services. We provide worldwide delivery and offer professional linen backing and poster restoration services with our partners in California. Please contact us if you have any queries or visit us at our gallery: 404 King's Road, Chelsea, London SW10 0LJ. Our opening hours are Monday-Friday 10am-6pm; Saturday 11am-6pm (by appointment only on Sundays and bank holidays). AntikBar is a Member of The Association of Art & Antiques Dealers (LAPADA), UK Posters Network and the International Vintage Poster Dealers' Association (IVPDA).

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We ship posters worldwide rolled in shock-resistant and hard wearing tubes. Unless specified otherwise, delivery is free within the UK and standard international delivery is £35. We use Royal Mail special delivery with insurance for postage in the UK and signed and tracked service courier service (UPS, DHL or DPD) for international shipments. We dispatch items within 1-2 working days and notify customers if there is any delay. Delivery to UK addresses usually takes 2-3 working days. Delivery to ...

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