Bidspirit auction | Travel Poster New England United

Travel Poster New England United Air Lines UAL Stan Galli - Original vintage air travel poster promoting New England issued by United Air Lines, featuring an illustration by the American artist and designer Stan Galli (1912-2009) depicting an array of historic nautical artefacts, a weathered, carved wooden ship's figurehead depicting a 19th-century sea captain in a black top hat, a purple-and-blue tailored coat, and light trousers, shown peer through a brass sextant, a large green weather-vane fish mounted on an iron stand, flanked by a classic maritime brass pocket compass on the right, an anchor flunk below, and a coiled rope resting on a wheeled wooden base, set against a vibrant, horizontally paneled red wooden background. Founded in 1926 as Varney Air Lines in Boise, Idaho, it commenced operations in 1931 and is a major airline in the United States. Good condition, creasing, tears. Country of issue: USA, designer: Stan Galli, size (cm): 102x64, year of printing: 1960s.