ANON. Calais-Mediterranee Express, Compagnie Internationale des Wagons Lits.
Original luggage label, c.1930. 110 x 135 mm.
The Calais-Mediterranee Express was a luxury night express train which operated from 1886 to 2003. It gained international fame as the preferred train of wealthy and famous passengers between Calais and the French riviera in the two decades before World War II.
It was colloquially referred to as Le Train Bleu (which became its formal name after World War II) and the blue train in English, because of its dark blue sleeping cars. It also became the subject of Agatha Christies detective novel "The Mystery of the Blue Train" in 1928.
Early passengers included Coco Chanel, Duke of Windsor and Charlie Chaplin.
A very rare label in fine condition.
SKU: 2126588
ANON. Calais-Mediterranee Express, Compagnie Internationale des Wagons Lits.
Original luggage label, c.1930. 110 x 135 mm.
The Calais-Mediterranee Express was a luxury night express train which operated from 1886 to 2003. It gained international fame as the preferred train of wealthy and famous passengers between Calais and the French riviera in the two decades before World War II.
It was colloquially referred to as Le Train Bleu (which became its formal name after World War II) and the blue train in English, because of its dark blue sleeping cars. It also became the subject of Agatha Christies detective novel "The Mystery of the Blue Train" in 1928.
Early passengers included Coco Chanel, Duke of Windsor and Charlie Chaplin.
A very rare label in fine condition.
SKU: 2126588
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