Original 1980s CUNARD LINE - CARIBBEAN Travel Poster airline cruise ship art For Sale

This is a VintageOriginal 1980s CUNARD LINE for the Caribbean - See the 'Whole' Caribbean in a Week -It is not a reprint or reproduction. Poster measures 24 x 31 inches.Poster isin excellent/near mint condition! The colors are as bright and crisp as the day it was printed. No tears, tape or pin holes (please see photos). It would be difficult to find another in this good of condition. Displays beautifully!

Fabulous vintage colorful posterfeaturing fantastic art image! Cunard Line is a British–American cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation. In 1839 Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract, and the next year formed the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company. In 1879 the firm was reorganised as the Cunard Steamship Company.Cunard's Mauretania held the Blue Riband from 1909 to 1929 for the fastest trans-Atlantic crossing. In 1934 the British Government offered Cunard loans to finish Queen Mary and to build a second ship, Queen Elizabeth, on the condition that Cunard merged with the then ailing White Star line to form Cunard-White Star Ltd. Cunard owned two-thirds of the new company. Cunard purchased White Star's share in 1947; the name reverted to the Cunard Line in 1950.By the mid-1950s, Cunard operated 12 ships to the United States and Canada. After 1958, transatlantic passenger ships became increasingly unprofitable because of the introduction of jet airliners. Cunard undertook a brief foray into air travel via the "Cunard Eagle" and "BOAC Cunard" airlines, but withdrew from the airliner market in 1966. In 1998 Cunard was acquired by the Carnival Corporation. In 2004, QE2 was replaced on the transatlantic runs by Queen Mary 2 (QM2). The line also operates Queen Victoria (QV) and Queen Elizabeth (QE). As of 2019, Cunard is the only shipping company to operate a scheduled passenger service between Europe and North America.