Bidspirit auction | Travel Poster Lotschberg Bahn Railway


Travel Poster Lotschberg Bahn Railway Switzerland Seifert - Original antique Swiss railway small size poster titled Lotschberg-Bahn Eroffnet! / Lotschberg Railway Opened!, designed by Hermann Rudolf Seifert (1881-1959) as a promotional concept for the opening of the scenic alpine rail line, featuring a dramatic, diagonal plume of thick white steam engine smoke rising across a deep blue sky dotted with horizontal yellow clouds, below, a dark green alpine landscape of silhouetted pine trees frames distant, sunlit yellow mountain peaks in the background. Opened in 1913, the Lotschberg line is a Swiss railway connecting Spiez in Bern with Brig in Valais. Printed by Hubacher & Co. A-G. Bern - Plakatentwurf. Fair condition, creasing, tears, staining, paper losses on edges. Country of issue: Switzerland, designer: Hermann Rudolf Seifert , size (cm): 28x22, year of printing: 1910s.