Egypt United Arab Airlines Pyramid Nile

£750.00

Original vintage travel poster promoting Egypt - Fly United Arab Airlines Jets Egypt UAR - featuring a colourful map with images of historic and new landmarks, sports and tourist attractions including people swimming in the sea and enjoying the beaches, hunting, trees, birds and deer, camel riding in the desert, snorkelling in the coral reef and sailing boats, the Great Sphinx of Giza and pyramids, other archaeological ruins and modern city buildings, ships on the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea, the River Nile river and the UAR logo with the compass as a graphic design of ancient Egyptian lady's head in a sun. The union between Egypt and Syria - the UAR (United Arab Republic) - in the Middle East was established in 1958 but broke up in 1961 due to the coup d'etat in Syria, although Egypt continued to be known as the United Arab Republic until 1971. Fair condition, creasing, tears, repaired tears, paper loss, pinholes.

Country

UK

Year

1968

Style

Travel Posters

Artist

Assem Ismail

Size (cm)

99x69