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LOT 255747
Gas / Petrol Station Original Poster Sign
1920-1940 A.D.
30 x 20 in. (22 grams, 76.2 x 50.6 cm).
White coarse paper poster with red printed warning notice for a petrol station; to foot 'copies from Simpsons the Printers, Friar Gate, Derby'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.
Footnotes
'Simpsons the Printers' was a local printing company specialising in postcards and photographic materials, active until the early 1960s.
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LOT 255747
Gas / Petrol Station Original Poster Sign
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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