Designer: | Mandel, Tomas (1923-2014) |
Country: | Denmark |
Decade: | 1950 |
Year: | 1957 |
Dimensions: | 100 x 62 cm (39 ½ x 24 ½ in) |
Condition: | Mint | | A |
Publisher: | SAS - Scandinavian Airlines |
Printed by: | Andreasen & Lachman, Copenhagen |
Category: |
Airline/Aviation |
On February 24th 1957 a new service from Copenhagen to Tokyo over the North Pole with one stop at Anchorage, and this reduced the flying time from 52 hours to 32 hours. This great image was later used in the SAS 50th anniversary campaign and SAS was sued for copyright infringement. SAS had not agreed with the designer to use the image.
The poster was printed in more than 10 languages. This is the vary rare Thai version.