Advertising Poster Bovril Beef Hot Drink Costs Less Flu. Ori...

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Advertising Poster Bovril Beef Hot Drink Costs Less Flu. Original vintage food advertising poster for Bovril - Bovril costs less than 'flu - featuring bold black lettering on a white background in a double line black frame border. Printed in Britain in the 1930s, this campaign used puns and word play to resemble the public announcement / propaganda posters of the time. Developed by John Lawson Johnston in the 1870s, Bovril is a beef meat extract paste often used to make a hot drink or added as a flavour to stews and soup recipes when cooking or as a spread. Horizontal. Large size. Good condition, folds, tears, staining, creasing, two sheet poster. Country of issue: UK, designer: unknown, size (cm): 56x172, year of printing: 1930s.

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Auction Date: 20th May 2023 at 2pm

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20th May 2023 2pm (Lots 1 to 464)