Travel Poster KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Europe Carousel. Orig...

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Travel Poster KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Europe Carousel. Original vintage travel poster issued by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - Fly KLM to all Europe. The poster features a colourful and fun illustration by Emile Brumsteede (Mile; 1911-1962) of people representing European nations on a merry-go-round carousel roundabout swing with planes as seats and a world globe with the crown winged KLM logo at the top. Shows two Greek guards in traditional outfits with a rifle over their shoulders, a man in Turkish traditional costume, a couple of Swiss climbers with backpack and water flask, an Austrian lady pouring beer into a German gentleman's cup, a French cancan dancer with a gendarme policeman, Dutch couple in yellow clogs holding tulips with a windmill propeller attached to the plane, Belgian guard in uniform with a yellow puppet, British Royal guard in a tall bearskin cap and a Scotsman playing bagpipes, three Irish ladies in long cloaks holding three leaf clovers, three Scandinavian countries together with a Swedish gentleman, Danish lady, and a Norway guard, a man fishing dressed in a traditional Portuguese outfit, a bull holding the flag of Spain and a bullfighter, an Italian man singing and playing guitar. Printed in the Netherlands by Kuhn En Zoon, Rotterdam. Good condition, creasing, tears, minor staining. Country of issue: Netherlands, designer: Mile (Emile Brumsteede), size (cm): 102x64, year of printing: 1950s.