Travel Poster Union Line Shipping New Zealand Australia. Ori...

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£325

Travel Poster Union Line Shipping New Zealand Australia. Original antique cruise ship travel poster for the Union Line Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd advertising New Zealand and Australia routes via Vancouver, Honolulu and Fiji - Canadian Australasia Line (the all red route) or via San Francisco, Tahiti and Raratonga with services including through bookings and special facilities for tourist and business travellers. Great design featuring a detailed route map of the main routes of associated companies around the world in the centre and a man in traditional Pacific Island dress standing on a canoe boat in front of palm trees between the text below, the black and white images set within a green border with the USSCo Union Jack flag inside a rope circle logo above and the PO House London address below. Union Line was incorporated in 1875 in Dunedin New Zealand; by 1914 the company was the biggest shipping line in the southern hemisphere and New Zealand's largest private-sector employer; in 1917 it was bought by the British shipping company P O. Good condition, pin holes, small tears, staining in margin. Country of issue: New Zealand, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 102x63, year of printing: 1910s.