1920s Fiction Becomes Fact Flying Dutchman Jan Wilja R-1969 KLM Anniversary
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Date: 1969
Artist: Wijga, Jan
Size (in): 40” x 25.25”
Size (cm): 101.5 x 64
Condition: B+
Linen backed: No
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the national flag carrier of The Netherlands, reissued several early posters on the occasion of that airline’s 50th anniversary in 1969. This poster, designed by artist Jan Wijga and originally issued in the late 1920s, is one such example of these 1969 50th anniversary reissues. For this poser Wilja renders and image of a modern Fokker passenger airplane flying over a Dutch galleon style ship from centuries earlier. Dutch language text on the posters translates to:
The Flying Dutchman – Fiction Becomes Fact
This vintage original poster from KLM’s 1969 50th Anniversary celebration is free of tape or pinholes and shows light handling wear including some light bumping to the edges in places and a short tear without paper loss of about an inch on the top edge. Overall condition is very good. Please see our other listings for more posters from the 1969 KLM Anniversary series.
