Map of London’s Underground Railways - Orange Luxury Coaches Issue
Designed by Harry Beck for Underground Group. Printed by Waterlow & Sons. Measures Colour lithograph on card. Over-printed with red labels for Orange Coach Pick-up points. Print Code 630-20M-4-33. Measures 22.5cm x 15.5cm.
A rare early issue of Harry Beck’s London Underground diagram specially printed for Orange Luxury Coaches. In nearly all aspects, this map is identical in design and cover to the 1st edition released in January with the exception of: 1) bold red labels highlighting ‘Orange Coach Picking-up points’ (map) and 2) the right-hand cover panel providing further information on how to reach the picking-up points.
Unlike post-production over-prints, this map saw its own print run of 20,000 maps, therefore assigned its own print code by Waterlow & Sons.
In the first year of Harry Beck’s map, no less than 7 separate editions were printed, the first 4 saw no changes to the map design itself, the variations being cover information and map labels. The 5th edition (August) was the first issued by the new London Passenger Transport Board (LTPB) which saw the first (and fairly signficiant) revision of the map design.
Map of London’s Underground Railways - Orange Luxury Coaches Issue
Designed by Harry Beck for Underground Group. Printed by Waterlow & Sons. Measures Colour lithograph on card. Over-printed with red labels for Orange Coach Pick-up points. Print Code 630-20M-4-33. Measures 22.5cm x 15.5cm.
A rare early issue of Harry Beck’s London Underground diagram specially printed for Orange Luxury Coaches. In nearly all aspects, this map is identical in design and cover to the 1st edition released in January with the exception of: 1) bold red labels highlighting ‘Orange Coach Picking-up points’ (map) and 2) the right-hand cover panel providing further information on how to reach the picking-up points.
Unlike post-production over-prints, this map saw its own print run of 20,000 maps, therefore assigned its own print code by Waterlow & Sons.
In the first year of Harry Beck’s map, no less than 7 separate editions were printed, the first 4 saw no changes to the map design itself, the variations being cover information and map labels. The 5th edition (August) was the first issued by the new London Passenger Transport Board (LTPB) which saw the first (and fairly signficiant) revision of the map design.
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