matchbook cover: Olympic Airways (Olympic Airlines)

Date:c. 1960
Medium:Cardboard, ink
Credit Line: Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
Accession Number:2003.065.099
Dimensions:2 1/2 x 2 inches (6.4 x 5.1 cm)
Collection:Aviation Museum
Category:Promotional, Museum
Subcategory:Matchbook / Matchbox
Manufacturer :Click Bookmatch
airline: Olympic Airways
company: Olympic Airlines
Description

Matchbook issued by Olympic Airways; white cover with gold illustration of aircraft in flight, and text, “Jetliners Comet 4B”; logo on reverse; flight route map diagram with stops at London, Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt, Zurich, Rome, Corfu, Athens, Istanbul, Rhodes, Nicosia, Beirut, Tel Aviv, and Cairo on interior; no matches.

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