The New Mauretania Uses Shell Lubricating Oil
Original vintage advertising poster - The New Mauretania Uses Shell Lubricating Oil - featuring a great design depicting three colourful nautical flags with a key decoding the international maritime signal codes of the square blue, red and white flag W - I wish you / the swallowtail blue and white flag A - a pleasant / and the diagonally striped red and yellow flag Y - voyage in front of the iconic ocean liner RMS Mauretania at sea sailing on the horizon with smoke billowing from its twin red and black funnels under a pale blue sky in the background, the bold stylised text above and on the side below. Built for the Cunard White Star Line the Mauretania was launched in 1938 as the largest ship of the time, serving the transatlantic route until being converted into a troopship during World War Two from 1939 to 1947; after refurbishment she resumed her luxury cruise travel services for passengers from 1947 until her retirement in 1965; she was scrapped in 1966. Horizontal. Large size. Good condition, creasing, tears, staining.
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