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Lot 128: PAUL C. ERKELENS (1912-?). KLM / ROYAL DUTCH AIR LINES / AMSTERDAM - BATAVIA TWICE WEEKLY. 1937. 39x26 inches, 99x67 cm. Luii & Co., Am

Est: $800 USD - $1,200 USDPassed
Swann Auction GalleriesNew York, NY, USNovember 19, 2015

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Description

PAUL C. ERKELENS (1912-?) KLM / ROYAL DUTCH AIR LINES / AMSTERDAM - BATAVIA TWICE WEEKLY. 1937.
39x26 1/2 inches, 99x67 1/4 cm. Luii & Co., Amsterdam.
Condition A-: minor repaired tears, restoration and time-staining at edges.
In 1927, KLM began a weekly service to Batavia (Jakarta) in the Dutch East Indies. The journey, undertaken in various Fokker aircraft, was nearly 9000 miles and took five and a half days. By 1935 the airline had switched over to Douglas DC-2s and the route was flown twice a week. In 1937, the Douglas DC-3 supplanted the earlier model and the service was increased to three times a week. This poster, which also appears with text promoting three times per week service, must have been released just before the airlines started flying more frequently. The cutaway image of a DC-3 shows how roomy and comfortable the interior of the plane was, as the normal 22 seat configuration had been reduced to just 12 seats in order to provide maximum comfort on the nearly week-long journey. Erkelen worked extensively for KLM, designing more than a dozen different posters for the airline, as well as images promoting travel to Holland in general. This is the English version.

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RARE & IMPORTANT TRAVEL POSTERS

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Swann Auction Galleries
November 19, 2015, 01:30 PM EST

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