Vintage Poster Issued by the Suriname Tourist Bureau, circa 1950
€ 1 500
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1950
Technique
Paper
Sheet size
70.5 × 49 cm (27.8 × 19.3 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-12415
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Repaired: slight repair at edges. Linen backed. Great condition. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Suriname, a color travel poster issued by the Suriname Tourist Bureau around 1950. The sheet is printed in bright, flat colors, with the word "suriname" set large in white lowercase letters across the foot, "South America" beneath it, and the bureau's information address, 10 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, in small type at the lower right.
The scene is a riverside village in the tropical interior. Thatched huts stand on a yellow clearing in the foreground, with villagers in small groups between them and two flags flying side by side, one of them the red, white and blue Dutch tricolor. Behind lies a broad river with rapids and a dugout canoe, and a wall of dense forest and green hills rises beyond. A bright stylized sun hangs in the sky, and a white airliner flies across it above a dotted line lettered "Chicago, New York, Miami, Paramaribo", showing the air route a visitor from North America would take.
The Dutch flag reflects Suriname's position at that date as part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
