Jaq Rykse (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Cream coloured cotton blue printed with pictorial map and Dutch text 38x38cm. Drawn by Jaq Rykse, and made by Vlisco Fabrieken in Helmond. Very good, folded, with a little fraying and several small pinholes at the edges, and some spotting. Undated but this was issued to celebrate the Pelikaan's record breaking flight from Amsterdam to deliver Christmas mail to Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies, in December 1933. The Pelikaan was one of 5 Fokker F.XVIII's acquired by KLM. The journey had originally been intended for its faster Fokker F.XX Zilvermeeuw, but owing to engine trouble, the Pelikaan was made ready at short notice. The text around all four borders reads: "De Uitreis Amsterdam-Batavia van de Pelikaan. Van 18 tot 22 December 1933 in 4 etmalen, 4 uur en 40 minuten werd de post van Schiphol naar Tjililitan overgebracht" (= "The departure from Amsterdam to Batavia of the Pelikaan. From 18 to 22 December 1933 the mail was transferred from Schiphol to Tjililitan in 4 days, 4 hours and 40 minutes"). The image is dominated by the Pelikaan in flight, above which are named its 4 crewmen I.W. (Iwan) Smirnoff, P. (Piet) Soer, J.M.H. Grosfeld, and C.H. van Beukering. The route map below names each of its stopping points (Amsterdam - Marseilles - Rome - Saloniki - Cairo - Bagdad - Boesjir (Bushire) - Jask - Karachi - Jodhpur - Allahabad - Calcutta - Rangoon - Bangkok - Alor Star - Singapore - Palembang - Batavia - Bandoeng), with journey times for each leg, and whether they were flown by day or night (dag traject, nacht traject).…

Helmond, Vlijco Fabrieken, 1933. Doek textiel. 38 x 38,5 cm. Afbeelding van "De Pelikaan" & route in blauw. [151969].