Louis Vuitton Ocean Liner Sticker Postcard - HAL
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Louis Vuitton Ocean Liner Sticker Postcard - HAL Hamburg Amerika Line 100% Authentic - Money-Back Guarantee Condition Notes: New, Unused Condition This item may be used as a post card and/or as a label. From Louis Vuitton: "Gaston-Louis Vuitton (1883-1970), grandson of Louis, inquisitive by nature and bibliophile, built up a unique collection of more than three thousand labels, now meticulously preserved in the archives of the House. These were used by hotels, airlines and ocean liners, pasted on trunks and other pieces of luggage, to inform onlookers about the wide-ranging travels of their owners. With their strong lines and colourful illustrations, those affixed by airlines bear witness to their time. Legendary carriers such as Swissair, Japan Airlines, Air France, Delta Airlines and Varig inspired heavenly heights of imagination, dissolving boundaries along the way. The trunk-maker began serving this new golden age of travel well before regular connections became accessible to passengers. As early as 1910, he developed luggage pieces specifically suited to very first aeroplanes - the Aero trunk, weighing under 57 pounds, and its ladies' counterpart, the Aviette, only about 62 pounds. These quickly gained favour with dashing pilots like Louis Bleriot, Roland Garros and Charles Lindbergh. Owing to his generous girth, Gaston-Louis Vuitton even enjoyed the honour of joining the first line of defence to protect the American aviator from the great gathering of humanity charging his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, when it landed at Le Bourget on 21 May 1927. Lindbergh had just completed the first non-stop transatlantic flight, connecting New York and Paris in thirty-three hours and thirty minutes. The House is pleased to present thirty vintage airline labels from the Gaston-Louis Vuitton collection, reproduced as postcards. Following upon the releases of three earlier box sets as well as a hardcover volume, the trunk-maker continues to pay tribute to the bygone tradition of sticking labels on the trunks and luggage pieces of great travellers." FREE EXPRESS SHIPPING SHIPS WITHIN 24HR. HASSLE-FREE RETURNS
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