Bidspirit auction | Vintage Philips’ 12 Inch Terrestrial

Vintage Philips’ 12 Inch Terrestrial Globe by George Philip & Son Ltd, on Cast Metal Tripod Stand - A vintage Philips’ 12 Inch Terrestrial Globe, produced by the London Geographical Institute, George Philip & Son Ltd, 32 Fleet Street, London. The globe shows principal shipping routes with distances in nautical miles, principal transcontinental railroads and principal air-mail routes — features found on Philips globes of the inter-war period. A closely matching example with the same route information has been dated to the 1930s.